| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
456 pages : maps, photographs ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Study Program |
UG RL 7.9 18.0 176662EN |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Death of yesterday -- Birth of tomorrow -- Life is getting merrier -- Friendship -- Barbarossa -- The approach -- The first movement -- The second movement -- The third movement -- Fables, stories -- Flight -- Railway car No. 7 -- Kuibyshev and Leningrad -- An optimistic Shostakovich -- The city of the dead -- My music is my weapon -- The road of life-- Symphony for the city of the dead -- Cold War and thaw. |
| Indexed In: |
Junior Library Guild |
| Summary |
In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history. Trapped between the Nazi invading force and the Soviet government itself was composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who would write a symphony that roused, rallied, eulogized, and commemorated his fellow citizens - the Leningrad Symphony. This testament of courage was copied onto microfilm, driven across the Middle East, and flown over the deserts of North Africa to be performed in the United States - where it played a surprising role in strengthening the Grand Alliance against the Axis powers. |
| Audience |
Ages 15 & up. |
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Grades 10 & up. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG) |
| Subject |
Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 -- Juvenile literature.
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Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
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Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
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World War,1939-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
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World War,1939-1945.
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World War,1939-1945.
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Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- Siege, 1941-1944 -- Juvenile literature.
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Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- Siege, 1941-1944.
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Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- Siege, 1941-1944.
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| ISBN |
9780763668181 (hardcover) |
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