Shostakovich Symphony No. 13, first movement
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Shostakovich Symphony No. 13, first movement is a powerful choral-orchestral setting that opens the symphony with a stark, condemnatory reflection on antisemitism and the Babi Yar massacre.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | symphonic movement ⓘ |
| basedOn | poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chorusType | male chorus ⓘ |
| composer | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes |
antisemitism in the Soviet Union
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historical erasure of Jewish suffering ⓘ |
| durationApprox | about 15 minutes ⓘ |
| emotionalCharacter |
condemnatory
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dark ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| genre | choral symphonic movement ⓘ |
| historicalEventReferenced | Nazi massacre at Babi Yar ravine near Kiev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| key | B-flat minor ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| movementNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
close alignment of musical rhetoric with poetic text
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declamatory choral writing ⓘ prominent low brass and bass sonorities ⓘ |
| openingFunction | opening movement of Symphony No. 13 ⓘ |
| orchestration | large symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| partOf | Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 113 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeInCycle | first of five movements in Symphony No. 13 ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Khrushchev Thaw period
NERFINISHED
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Soviet censorship controversy ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Kyrill Kondrashin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 18 December 1962 ⓘ |
| premierePerformer |
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
NERFINISHED
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bass soloist Vitaly Gromadsky NERFINISHED ⓘ male chorus ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Soviet modernism ⓘ |
| subject |
Babi Yar massacre
NERFINISHED
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antisemitism ⓘ historical injustice ⓘ |
| textBy | Yevgeny Yevtushenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textSource | Russian-language poem ⓘ |
| textTheme |
moral protest
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solidarity with persecuted Jews ⓘ universal human suffering ⓘ |
| texture | choral-orchestral ⓘ |
| title | Babi Yar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
bass chorus
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bass solo ⓘ |
| vocalTypeRequired | bass voice ⓘ |
| workNumber | Op. 113/1 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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subject surface form:
Babi Yar (poem)