Prelude to the Music of Political Sarcasm

Dimitri Shostakovich lived during the era where Stalin ruled over communist Russia. He was one of the few composers to have gained the stamp of approval to use music as a tool to rally the country into the communist cause. Now that the Iron Curtains are down and much more exploration is done on his music, there appears a lot of sarcasm embedded in his so called nationalistic symphonies. When I read about this, I jumped up in enthusiasm and decided to give his music a deeper look as I have always though it was just typical neo-classical genre with their complex form that eludes their character.

This is just a short prelude as I have armed myself by going out to buy his complete 11 symphonies as I already have some of his violin concertos and other minor music. With lots of Coke, a good listening ear and reading up, I shall be putting pen to paper on my discoveries soon.

In our language 'Akan Datang' or coming soon.

Late now and I have to sleep

Peter Lye aka lkypeter
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