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Dimitri Shostakovich

25 sep 1906 (St. Petersburg) - 9 aug 1975 (Moscow)

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Onno van Rijen's Shostakovich Page - Complete Shostakovich opus list with CD releases, bibliography, pictures and mp3 excerpts from symphonies. Also provides information on more than 130 other Soviet composers.
Classical Music Midi Page: Dimitry (Dmitriyevich) Shostakovich - MIDI excerpts from several works, photograph and subjective mini-biography.
Classical Net: Shostakovich - Biography, recommended published biographies and scores, CD reviews, list of works and links.
CollegeTermPapers: Music - Shostakovich - An essay on his life and works of approximately 1500 words.
Dmitri Shostakovich: The Composer And His Work - Focus on Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony, with extracts in RealAudio and an imagined "screenplay" to be read while listening to the music. Also provides background on the composition, life chronology, photograph and links.
Dmitry Shostakovich: A Testament To His Times - Brief biography, selected works, quotes, recommended recordings and readings, photograph, chronology, related articles, and links from Humanities Web.
DSCH Journal - Selected articles from the international Shostakovich journal, reviews of CDs, books and films, concert calendar, events and links.
DSCH-L Discussion List - Electronic mailing list for discussion of Shostakovich and other Russian composers. Access to archives since 1997.
Find A Grave Cemetery Records: Dimitri Shostakovich - Brief biography, youthful photograph, and pictures of his grave with virtual memorial and cemetery information.
G. Schirmer, Inc.: Dmitri Shostakovich - List of scores available from this music publisher.
Internet Movie Database: Dmitri Shostakovich - Filmography noting films he scored or that use his works plus mini-biography and Oscar nomination.
Karadar Classical Music Composer Biography: Dmitry Shostakovich - Dictionary entry with life, works, catalogue, photos and MIDI audio files of 24 Preludes and Fugues.
London Shostakovich Orchestra - Details of performances, recordings and other events regarding this symphonic ensemble, currently embarked on a complete cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies. Includes programme notes and Shostakovich-related articles.
mfiles - Dmitri Shostakovich - Biography, list of major works and two photographs.
Naxos Composers - Biographies: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) - Biographical sketch, caricature, and summaries of his stage works and his orchestral, choral and vocal, chamber, and piano music with Naxos discography.
On Classical: Dmitri Shostakovich - MIDI files of 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87 and transcriptions of this and other contrapuntal works, plus portrait.
Russian Revelations - Fan page with brief illustrated introduction, photographs from the 1999 Chicago Shostakovich festival and pictures of the composer.
Shostakovich Message Board - Discussion forum with activity between 1997 and 2003. Also provides a short list of recordings recommended by owner Philipp Rüfenacht.
Shostakovich Myths Debunked - Controversial site that attacks the authenticity of Testimony and the revisionist interpretation of the composer's life and work.
Shostakovichiana - On the "Music under Soviet rule" website created by the late Ian MacDonald. Articles, interviews, CD and book reviews, and links, with a strong focus on the Testimony debate.
Shostakovichworld - Yahoo! Groups discussion board. Access to archives since 1998.
Speaking of Shostakovich - Archive of media articles, with an emphasis on the revisionist/anti-revisionist debate.
The Guardian: A Raspberry To Stalin - Article focusing on an English-language version of Cheryomushki by Opera North.
The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Dmitri Shostakovich - Lyrics to individual vocal works and cycles. Includes Cyrillic and transliterated Russian plus selected translations.
The Shostakovich Opus 87 Page - The complete Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues in MIDI format.
WQXR: Shostakovich, Dmitry (Dmitriyevich) - Biography from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry, with list of selected works.

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