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Few composers can be said to have music that embodies the history of their country. Few composers have had the fate of not just witnessing, but directly participating in the terrible events that their country went through. Dmitry Shostakovich is just such a composer. He, like many representatives of the intelligentsia of that time, greeted the revolution in the country with a positive attitude. Despite his total trustworthiness, he fell out of favor with Stalin and was indeed one step away from execution. He wrote the main musical work of the Great Patriotic War, experienced a second cancellation by the Leader, traveled to the United States and created a lot of music from the Thaw. The music of Dmitry Shostakovich is the history of the Soviet Union. The composer's story is on the channel COUNTERPOINT 0:00 INTRO 0:46 Mitya Shostakovich 3:59 First triumph 10:06 Stalin 18:06 Leningrad symphony 22:06 Stalin and the thaw again 29:12 The end of history COUNTERPOINT in Telegram: https://t.me/cntrpunto Channel host on Instagram: / gaetanodon Jazz playlist of the channel author: / all-jazz #COUNTERPOINT #DmitryShostakovich