Dmitri Shostakovich in Zhukovka - August, 1967
from Story of a Friendship. The letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman with a commentary by Isaak Glikman, pages 148-149:
Among my recent aesthetic experiences I must single out a record Irina has bought of gypsy songs fabulously sung by Volshaninova with a gypsy choir. The songs are wonderfully beautiful, although very sad. Listening to them makes the tears flow and engenders a keen desire to imbibe strong drink with 'zakusky'.
cite as
Dmitri Shostakovich / Isaac Glikman, Story of a Friendship. The letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman with a commentary by Isaak Glikman (Queen Square, London, 2001), p. 148-149. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1431429537476 accessed: 19 April, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Gypsy songs | performed by Volshaninova, gypsy choir |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | August, 1967 |
| Medium | playback |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors |
Notes
Letter from Dmitri Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman, 30 August 1967, Zhukovka
Originally submitted by verafonte on Tue, 12 May 2015 12:18:57 +0100
Approved on Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:12:55 +0000