Symphony No. 5
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Symphony No. 5 is a landmark symphonic work by Dmitri Shostakovich, renowned for its dramatic intensity and often interpreted as a complex response to political oppression in the Soviet Union.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | symphony ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionEndYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionStartYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| audienceReceptionAtPremiere | ovations and multiple curtain calls ⓘ |
| belongsToGenre | programmatically interpretable absolute music ⓘ |
| catalogueInComposerOutput | fifth symphony by Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Union of Soviet Composers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerCitizenship | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | Russian ⓘ |
| criticalReceptionAtPremiere | highly enthusiastic ⓘ |
| durationApproximate | 45 minutes ⓘ |
| era | Stalin era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublisherCountry | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequentlyPerformed | yes ⓘ |
| frequentlyRecorded | yes ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | landmark of 20th-century symphonic repertoire ⓘ |
| influencedBy | political pressure from Soviet authorities ⓘ |
| interpretation |
also presented officially as an example of Socialist Realism
ⓘ
often read as veiled protest against political oppression ⓘ |
| key | D minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Russian ⓘ |
| movement |
I. Moderato
ⓘ
II. Allegretto ⓘ III. Largo ⓘ IV. Allegro non troppo ⓘ |
| movementCount | 4 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dramatic contrasts between movements
ⓘ
powerful brass writing in the finale ⓘ prominent use of strings in the Largo ⓘ |
| numberInComposerOutput | 5 ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 47 ⓘ |
| orchestration | full symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Пятая симфония ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Stalinist Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Yevgeny Mravinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1937-11-21 ⓘ |
| premiereOrchestra | Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Soviet symphonic music ⓘ |
| subtitle | A Soviet artist’s creative response to just criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
conflict between individual and state
ⓘ
tragedy and forced optimism ⓘ |
| tonalCenter | D minor ⓘ |
| writtenInResponseTo | official criticism of Shostakovich after the opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District ⓘ |
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