Dmitri Shostakovich

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St Petersburg, Russia (1906 – 1975)

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович ) (September 25 [O.S. September 12] 1906, (St Petersburg, Russia) – August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. More…

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classical, russian, contemporary classical, modern classical, composer
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