Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad"
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Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" is a large-scale symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich, famously associated with the World War II siege of Leningrad and often interpreted as a powerful musical statement of resistance and resilience.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | symphony ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Leningrad Symphony
NERFINISHED
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Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Siege of Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composedDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionEndYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| compositionStartYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| contains | "invasion" theme in first movement ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | The city of Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 70–80 minutes ⓘ |
| firstWesternPerformanceYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| genre | programmatic symphony ⓘ |
| hasReception |
initially celebrated internationally
ⓘ
later subject to critical debate ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union
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Siege of Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | wartime propaganda needs ⓘ |
| key | C major ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Russian ⓘ |
| movement |
I. Allegretto
ⓘ
II. Moderato (poco allegretto) ⓘ III. Adagio ⓘ IV. Allegro non troppo ⓘ |
| notablePremiere | Leningrad premiere during the siege ⓘ |
| notablePremiereConductor | Karl Eliasberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePremiereDate | 9 August 1942 ⓘ |
| notablePremiereLocation | Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWesternPremiereLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberInSeries | 7 ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 60 ⓘ |
| orchestration | large symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Симфония № 7 "Ленинградская" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Shostakovich symphonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedBy | Leningrad Radio Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Stalinist Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Samuil Samosud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 5 March 1942 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Kuybyshev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | four movements ⓘ |
| style | Soviet symphonic style ⓘ |
| theme |
resilience
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resistance ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ war ⓘ |
| widelyInterpretedAs |
musical statement of resistance
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symbol of Soviet wartime endurance ⓘ |
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