Dmitri Shostakovich in Russia - 1943
from Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times, pages 103-104:
At the Composers’ Union recently, Yuri Levitin played his oratorio The Sacred War to Moscow musicians. Levitin has been writing music for seven years, and has written many works of talent, inventiveness and good taste. He has tried his hand at several genres, not restricting himself to one narrow speciality. Levitin’s composition technique is beautifully developed, and he has mastered instrumentation, polyphony and form. His oratorio The… more >>
Dmitri Shostakovich, and L. Grigoryev and Ya. Platek (ed.), Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times (Moscow, 1981), p. 103-104. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1451756504789 accessed: 13 December, 2024
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The Sacred War
written by Yuri Levitin |
performed by Yuri Levitin |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1943 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Excerpt from 'Literatura i Iskusstvo', 5 June, 1943.