Dimitri Shostakovich

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This paper discusses the difficult life history of Dimitri and the publications of his vast contributions to the music world. The author also gives a detailed description of his piano and trumpet concerto with strings, No. 1, Opus 35 providing its four distinct movements Movement I Allegretto, allegro vivace, Lento II, III Moderato and lastly Allegro con brio.

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"Shostakovich had a difficult adolescence, his sister Maria died at the age of seven, when he was 14. A year later in 1921, due to the privations of World War I and the Russian Revolution, he began to suffer from malnutrition. At the age of 17, he completed his courses and began to sketch his first symphony. He was unable to continue due to malnutrition and tuberculosis. While recovering in a Crimean sanitarium, Dimitri met Tanya Glivenko, his girlfriend until her marriage in 1929. Shostakovich was forced to go to work as a cinema pianist after his recovery. Despite these set backs, Dimitri continued to compose. Between the ages of 17 and 19, he completed his famous Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10., and had his Op 5, 10 and 11a accepted for publication. He also graduated from Leningrad conservatorie. By the age of 21, he had premiered his first symphony and completed his 15th major composition."

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