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Symphony for the city of the dead Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

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 -- almost three years of bombardment and starvation that culminated in the harsh winter of 1943-1944. More than a million citizens perished. Surviv...

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Main Author: Anderson, M. T. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, > 1906-1975 > Young adult nonfiction.
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, > 1906-1975. > Symphonies, > no. 7, op. 60 > Young adult nonfiction.
Composers > Russia > Biography > Young adult nonfiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Russia > Young adult nonfiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Music and the war > Young adult nonfiction.
Music > Psychological aspects > Young adult nonfiction.
Morale > Young adult nonfiction.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History > Siege, 1941-1944 > Young adult nonfiction.
Biographies > Young adult.
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