Time to Face the Music
Shostakovich’s 7th Symphony and the Siege of Leningrad
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22010175 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Muhanna Lawati (Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-46 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2163-8551 • E-ISSN: 2163-8551 |
| Publisher | Georgia Southern University (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.20429/aujh.2023.130103 |
| OpenAlex | W4360782613 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
It was in his music that Shostakovich expressed his thoughts and feelings about the radically evolving political landscape of the 20th century. Bolshevism and Stalin’s subsequent inheritance of the USSR promulgated a refashion of the arts, forcing Shostakovich to be an instrument of the state in order to avoid being a victim. It was during Hitler’s Siege of Leningrad where Shostakovich, ironically, did not feel like a victim, but the custodian of a powerful weapon that dared to defy forces beyond his comprehension. In response to Hitler’s Bolshevik crusade, Shostakovich would launch an ideological crusade of his own, composed through the medium of a symphony
Ancient history · Art · Ideology · Literature · Political science · Politics · Siege · Symphony · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies · History · Law · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |