Leningrad : siege and symphony /
Brian Moynahan.
- 542 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 514-520) and index.
Recounts the 1942 performance of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony during the siege of Leningrad, placing it in the context of the city's intellectual and social life and its sufferings from Stalinist terror as much as from the Nazi invasion.
Symphony--Soviet Union. Music and war--History.--Soviet Union Music and state--Soviet Union. Music--Political aspects--Soviet Union. Music--History and criticism.--Soviet Union--20th century Symphony--History and criticism. Music--Political aspects. Music--History and criticism.--Russia
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History--Siege, 1941-1944. Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Intellectual life. Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History. Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Intellectual life.