Dmitri Shostakovich in Russia - the 1900's
from Testimony- The memoirs of Shostakovich, as related to & edited by Solomon Volkov, page 30:
Another of Glière’s works that has unflagging popularity is Hymn to a Great City. I shudder every time I get off the Red Arrow Express at Leningrad Station because Glière’s composition blares from every loud-speaker. The travellers duck their heads and walk faster.
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Dmitri Shostakovich, and Soloman Volkov (ed.), Testimony- The memoirs of Shostakovich, as related to & edited by Solomon Volkov (London, 1979), p. 30. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1427835074411 accessed: 22 November, 2024
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Hymn to a Great City
written by Glière |
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| Date/Time | the 1900's |
| Medium | broadcast |
| Listening Environment | in public |
Originally submitted by verafonte on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:51:14 +0100
Approved on Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:38:23 +0000