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List Of Compositions By Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich typically catalogued his compositions and occasionally his arrangements of other composers' music with opus numbers. He began this practice with the early Scherzo in F-sharp minor and continued until the end of his life. Nevertheless, most of his juvenilia, unfinished works from his artistic maturity (such as the operas ''Orango'' and '' The Gamblers''), and numerous completed works were left unnumbered. There were also instances when Shostakovich took an opus number assigned to one work, then gave it to another, or was undecided about the numbering of a finished composition. Further complicating the matter was an error he committed in compiling his own music in the 1930s. This led to his soundtracks for ''The Youth of Maxim'' and '' Girl Friends'' sharing the same opus number. By genre Symphonies * Op. 10: Symphony No. 1 in F minor (1923–1925) * Op. 14: Symphony No. 2 in B major, ''To October'', for mixed chorus and orchestra (1927) * Op. 20: Symphony N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριος ''Dēmētrios'' ). The meaning of the name is "devoted to, dedicated to, or follower of Demeter" (Δημήτηρ, ''Dēmētēr''), "mother-earth", the Greek goddess of agriculture. Short forms of the name from the 13th–14th centuries are Mit, Mitya, Mityay, Mit'ka or Miten'ka (, or ); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya, Dimusha etc. (, etc.) St. Dimitri's Day The feast of the martyr Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica is celebrated on Saturday before November 8 ld Style October 26 The name day (именины): October 26 (November 8 on the Julian Calendar) See also: Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar. The Saturday before October 26/November 8 is called Demetrius Satu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Limpid Stream (Shostakovich)
''The Limpid Stream'' (russian: Светлый ручей, also translated as ''The Bright Stream'') is a ballet in 3 acts, 4 scenes, composed by Dmitri Shostakovich on the libretto by Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov, with choreography by Fyodor Lopukhov. It premiered in Leningrad's Mikhaylovsky Theatre in 1935. Plot The plot centres around a group of ballet dancers who have been sent to provide sophisticated entertainment on a new Soviet collective farm during their harvest festival. The workers, along with two older residents of a nearby dacha, welcome the city dancers, with special welcome given to the troupe's ballerina who was the former dance teacher of Zina. Zina introduces the ballerina to her husband, Pyotr, and Pyotr immediately begins to flirt with the ballerina. Hurt, Zina removes herself from the celebrations and is comforted by the ballerina. The ballerina suggests a plan in which she will dress as her dance partner, her dance partner will dress as a femal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erwin Dressel
Erwin Dressel (10 June 1909, in Berlin – 17 December 1972, in Berlin) was a German composer and pianist. Following the success of his incidental music for Shakespeare's ''Much Ado About Nothing'', Dressel wrote many operas for the Deutsche Staatsoper. He also arranged music for the radio, concertized as a pianist and wrote orchestral music, including four symphonies; as well as concertos for various instruments (including one for two saxophones). Selected works ;Opera * ''Armer Columbus'', opera, Op.23 (1927); libretto by Arthur Zweiniger * ''Der Bär'', burlesque opera in 1 act; libretto by Robert Wolfgang Schnell * ''Der Kuchentanz'', tragic opera in 3 acts (1927–1928); libretto by Arthur Zweiniger * ''Die Laune des Verliebten'', lyric opera in 1 act; libretto by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe * ''Der Rosenbusch der Maria'', Legend in 4 scenes (1929); libretto by Arthur Zweiniger * ''Das Urteil von Zalamea'', opera in 3 acts, 6 scenes, Op.50; after Lope de Vega and Arthur Zweinig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Days, Five Nights (1960 Film)
''Five Days, Five Nights'' (russian: Пять дней, пять ночей, Pyat Dney, Pyat Nochei; german: Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) is a 1961 joint Soviet–East German film, directed by Lev Arnshtam and Heinz Thiel. Plot On 8 May 1945, the day of Germany's surrender at the end of World War II, exiled communist Erich Braun returns along with the Red Army to his native city of Dresden, only three months after it was devastated in aerial bombardment. He aids a group of Soviet soldiers to recover the art of the Old Masters Picture Gallery from the ruins of the Zwinger Palace. During the next five days, while searching for the collection, he encounters several of the city's residents who have also returned from the war. Although they distrust the Soviets at first, they eventually assist them to recover the pictures. Cast * Wilhelm Koch-Hooge as Erich Braun * Annekathrin Bürger as Katrin * Erich Franz as Father Baum * Heinz-Dieter Knaup as Paul Naumann * Evgenia Kozireva as Nik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suite For Variety Orchestra (Shostakovich)
The ''Suite for Variety Orchestra'' (russian: Cюита для эстрадного оркестра в восьми частях) (circa 1956) is a suite in eight movements by Dmitri Shostakovich. The work consists of a collection of movements which derive from other works by the composer. It is also named ''Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra'', for example in Derek Hulme's Shostakovich catalogue. For many years the ''Suite for Variety Orchestra'' was misidentified as the lost Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (Shostakovich), Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (1938), a different work in three movements that was lost during World War II, the piano score of which was rediscovered in 1999 by Manashir Yakubov, and orchestrated the following year by Gerard McBurney. Instrumentation The work is scored for an orchestra of 2 flutes (with piccolo), an oboe, 2 (optionally 4) clarinets, 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones (the first tenor doubling on soprano saxophone), a bassoon, 3 horn (music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gadfly Suite
''The Gadfly Suite'', Op. 97a, is a suite for orchestra arranged by Levon Atovmyan from Dmitri Shostakovich's score for the 1955 Soviet film ''The Gadfly'', based on the novel of the same name by Ethel Lilian Voynich. Atovmyan's suite differs markedly from the original: the orchestration is more colorful and economic, certain sections have been transposed harmonically, and he inserted newly composed connecting passages. Movements The following are the movements of the Suite Op. 97a as arranged by Atovmian. #Overture 03:05 #Contredanse 02:37 #Folk Feast (National Holiday) 02:44 #Interlude 02:38 #Barrel Organ Waltz 02:01 #Galop 02:03 #Introduction (Prelude) 06:18 #Romance 05:54 #Intermezzo 05:49 #Nocturne 04:13 #Scene 03:18 #Finale 03:13 The "Romance" section from the suite, with its solo violin melody, is known to Western TV audiences as the theme music for the Euston Films mini-series ''Reilly, Ace of Spies'', about Russian adventurer Sidney Reilly. The finale part of the sui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unforgettable Year 1919 (film)
''The Unforgettable Year 1919'' (russian: Незабываемый 1919 год, Nezabyvaemyy 1919 god) is a 1951 Soviet historical drama film directed by Mikheil Chiaureli. Plot May 1919. The city of Petrograd, the Bolsheviks' stronghold in Russia, is attacked by the counter-revolutionary White Army of General Nikolai Yudenich, who is supported by the imperialist British, and especially by the warmongering Winston Churchill. The city's High Soviet is demoralized and about to order an evacuation, while the White fifth column inside it plots an insurrection. The Krasnaya Gorka fort dispatches a detachment of Baltic Fleet sailors to assist Petrograd, among them the young Vladimir Shibaev. As the Red Army faces defeat by the Whites, Joseph Stalin arrives on the battlefield, rallies the communists and routs the enemy, saving the city. Cast * Boris Andreyev as Shibaev *Mikheil Gelovani as Joseph Stalin * Pavel Molchanov as Vladimir Lenin *Gavriil Belov as Mikhail Kalinin *Boris Olenin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinsky (film)
''Belinsky'' (russian: Белинский) is a 1953 Soviet biopic film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, based on the life of Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848). The production of the film was completed in 1951 but it was not released until 1953, following the reshooting of various scenes demanded by Stalin. Cast * Sergei Kurilov as Vissarion Belinsky * Aleksandr Borisov as Alexander Herzen * Georgy Vitsin as Nikolai Gogol * Yuri Lyubimov as Frolov * Yuri Tolubeyev as Mikhail Shchepkin * Vladimir Chestnokov as Nikolay Nekrasov * Mikhail Nazvanov as Nicholas I * Igor Gorbachyov as student * Arkadi Trusov as sergeant * Nikolay Simonov as landlord * Olga Aroseva as actress * Nikolay Trofimov as typographic worker * Bruno Freindlich Bruno Arturovich Freindlich (russian: Бруно Артурович Фрейндлих; 10 October 1909 – 9 July 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1974). His daughter Alisa Freindlich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fall Of Berlin (film)
''The Fall of Berlin'' (russian: Падение Берлина, translit=Padeniye Berlina) is a 1950 Soviet war and propaganda film, in two parts separated in the manner of a serial. It was produced by Mosfilm Studio and directed by Mikheil Chiaureli, with a script written by Pyotr Pavlenko and a musical score composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. Portraying the history of the Second World War with a focus on a highly positive depiction of the role Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin (played by Mikheil Gelovani) played in the events, it is considered one of the most important manifestations of Stalin's cult of personality, and a noted example of Soviet realism. After De-Stalinization, the film was banned in the Eastern Bloc for several decades. Plot Part 1 Aleksei Ivanov, a shy steel factory worker, greatly surpasses his production quota and is chosen to receive the Order of Lenin and to have a personal interview with Joseph Stalin. Aleksei falls in love with the idealist teacher N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encounter At The Elbe
''Encounter at the Elbe'' (in ) is a Soviet war film released in 1949 from Mosfilm, describing the conflict, spying, and collaboration between the Soviet Army advancing from the east and the U.S. Army advancing from the west. The two allied forces met each other for the first time on the River Elbe near the end of the World War II. This meeting occurred on April 25, 1945, which was usually remembered as “Elbe Day” in Western Bloc nations and as the "Encounter at the Elbe” in Eastern Bloc nations. The film was directed by Grigori Aleksandrov, with music by Dmitri Shostakovich, which included “Yearning for the Homeland” (in , the words by Yevgeny Dolmatovsky), that became popular at that time in the Eastern Bloc nations and among the leftists in the Western Bloc nations, including Japan. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michurin (film)
''Michurin'' (russian: link=no, Мичурин) is a 1948 Soviet film directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko about the life of Russian practitioner of Selection (biology), selection Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (1855–1935). The film is based on Dovzhenko's play ''Life in Bloom'', which was also the title used for the film in its 1949 American release by Artkino Pictures Synopsis The film is set in the year 1912. Michurin declines the American's offer to work abroad and continues his studies in the Russian Empire, in spite of the fact that his ideas are not acknowledged by the tsarist government, the church and the idealistic science. Michurin receives support from outstanding scientists of the country, and continues to work untiringly. After the October Revolution, Michurin's small garden in the town of Michurinsk, Kozlov (birthplace of the biologist) is transformed into a large state nursery. Cast * Grigori Belov as Ivan Michurin * Fyodor Grigoryev as Kartashov * Vladimir Isayev (ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirogov (film)
''Pirogov'' (russian: Пирогов) is a 1947 Soviet biopic film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, based on the life of Russian scientist and doctor Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881). Pirogov is famous for being the founder of field surgery. Cast * Konstantin Skorobogatov - Pirogov * Vladimir Chestnokov - Ipatov * Sergei Yarov - Skulachenko * Aleksei Dikiy * Olga Lebzak - Vakulyna * Nikolay Cherkasov * Andrei Kostrichkin * Tatyana Piletskaya Tatyana Lvovna Piletskaya PAR1947 films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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