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Russian Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) was a Soviet composer who continued in the Mahlerian tradition of late Romantic lyricism and acerbic irony. He is particularly known for his cycles of fifteen symphonies and string quartets.

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• Classical Archives: Dmitri Shostakovich

  http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/3351.html
  Biography, complete files offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists.

• Classical Music Midi Page: Dimitry (Dmitriyevich) Shostakovich

  http://www.classicalmidi.co.uk/shost.htm
  MIDI excerpts from several works, photograph and subjective mini-biography.

• Classical Net: Shostakovich

  http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/shostakovich.php
  Biography, recommended published biographies and scores, CD reviews, list of works and links.

• CollegeTermPapers: Music - Shostakovich

  http://www.collegetermpapers.com/TermPapers/Music/Shostokovich.shtml
  An essay on his life and works of approximately 1500 words.

• Dmitri Shostakovich: The Composer And His Work

  http://musicinwords.free.fr/dschlife.htm
  Focus on Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony, with extracts in RealAudio and an imagined "screenplay" to be read while listening to the music. Also provides background on the composition, life chronology, photograph and links.

• Dmitry Shostakovich: A Testament To His Times

  http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=76
  Brief biography, selected works, quotes, recommended recordings and readings, photograph, chronology, related articles, and links from Humanities Web.

• DSCH Journal

  http://www.dschjournal.com/
  Selected articles from the international Shostakovich journal, reviews of CDs, books and films, concert calendar, events and links.

• DSCH-L Discussion List

  http://listserv.uh.edu/archives/dsch-l.html
  Electronic mailing list for discussion of Shostakovich and other Russian composers. Access to archives since 1997.

• Find A Grave Cemetery Records: Dimitri Shostakovich

  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=953&pt=Dimitri+Shostakovich
  Brief biography, youthful photograph, and pictures of his grave with virtual memorial and cemetery information.

• Internet Movie Database: Dmitri Shostakovich

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006291/
  Filmography noting films he scored or that use his works plus mini-biography and Oscar nomination.

• London Shostakovich Orchestra

  http://lsho.jmea.co.uk/
  Details of performances, recordings and other events regarding this symphonic ensemble, currently embarked on a complete cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies. Includes programme notes and Shostakovich-related articles.

• mfiles: Dmitri Shostakovich - An Overview Of The Classical Composer

  http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/dmitri-shostakovich.htm
  Biography, list of major works and two photographs.

• Music Sales Classical: Dmitri Shostakovich

  http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/short-bio/2288
  List of scores available from this music publisher.

• Naxos Composers - Biographies: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)

  http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/954.htm
  Biographical sketch, caricature, and summaries of his stage works and his orchestral, choral and vocal, chamber, and piano music with Naxos discography.

• On Classical: Dmitri Shostakovich

  http://www.kunstderfuge.com/shostakovitch.htm
  MIDI files of 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87 and transcriptions of this and other contrapuntal works, plus portrait.

• Onno van Rijen's Shostakovich & Other Soviet Composers Page

  http://home.online.nl/ovar/
  Complete Shostakovich opus list with CD releases, bibliography, pictures and mp3 excerpts from symphonies. Also provides information on more than 130 other Soviet composers.

• Russian Revelations

  http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/Shostakovich1/
  Fan page with brief illustrated introduction, photographs from the 1999 Chicago Shostakovich festival and pictures of the composer.

• Shostakovich Myths Debunked

  http://sites.google.com/site/shostakovichmyths/
  Controversial site that attacks the authenticity of Testimony and the revisionist interpretation of the composer's life and work.

• Shostakovichiana

  http://www.siue.edu/~aho/musov/dmitri.html
  On the "Music under Soviet rule" website created by the late Ian MacDonald. Articles, interviews, CD and book reviews, and links, with a strong focus on the Testimony debate.

• The Dimitri Shostakovich Mp3 Page on Classic Cat

  http://www.classiccat.net/shostakovich_d/
  Directory of mp3s that have been made available by their performing artists.

• The Guardian: A Raspberry To Stalin

  http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/may/02/artsfeatures1/print
  Article focusing on an English-language version of Cheryomushki by Opera North.

• The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Dmitri Shostakovich

  http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=5739
  Lyrics to individual vocal works and cycles. Includes Cyrillic and transliterated Russian plus selected translations.

• The Shostakovich Opus 87 Page

  http://www.unicamp.br/~jmarques/mus/opus87/
  The complete Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues in MIDI format.

• Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich
  Encyclopedia entry discussing the composer's life and works, and the political controversies surrounding him, plus links to audio files.

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