Dmitri Shostakovich in Saint Petersburg - in the beginning of the 1900's
from Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times, page 11:
Until I began to learn to play the piano I expressed no desire to learn, although I did feel a certain interest in music. Sometimes when a quartet was playing next door I would listen with my ear to the wall.
cite as
Dmitri Shostakovich, and L. Grigoryev and Ya. Platek (ed.), Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times (Moscow, 1981), p. 11. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1451561686065 accessed: 15 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| unspecified quartet |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | in the beginning of the 1900's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Originally submitted by verafonte on Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:34:46 +0000
Approved on Sat, 23 Apr 2016 21:36:03 +0100