Symphony for the City of the Dead : Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
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Symphony for the City of the Dead : Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
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The work Symphony for the City of the Dead : Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- Symphony for the City of the Dead : Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
- Title remainder
- Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
- Statement of responsibility
- M.T. Anderson
- Title variation
- Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Biography
- Composers
- Composers -- Russia -- Biography
- History
- Juvenile works
- Morale
- Music -- Psychological aspects
- Music -- Psychological aspects
- Music and war
- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg
- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg
- 1939 - 1945
- Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- Siege, 1941-1944 -- Juvenile literature
- Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975
- Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Music and the war
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Russia
- Young adult literature
- Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- Siege, 1941-1944
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history -- almost three years of bombardment and starvation that culminated in the harsh winter of 1943-1944. More than a million citizens perished. Survivors recall corpses littering the frozen streets, their relatives having neither the means nor the strength to bury them. Residents burned books, furniture, and floorboards to keep warm. They ate family pets and -- eventually -- one another to stay alive. Trapped between the Nazi invading force and the Soviet government itself was composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who would write a symphony that roused, rallied, eulogized, and commemorated his fellow citizens -- the Leningrad Symphony, which came to occupy a surprising place of prominence in the eventual Allied victory. This is the true story of a city under siege: the triumph of bravery and defiance in the face of terrifying odds. It is also a look at the power and layered meaning of music in beleaguered lives
- Awards note
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- New York Times Notable Children's Books, Young Adult, 2015
- National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature, 2015
- YALSA Finalist for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2016
- Booklist Editor's Choice/Books for Youth, 2015; School Library Journal Best Books, 2015; Notable Chuldren's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, 2016; Yalsa Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, 2016.
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- Dewey number
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- 780.92
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- ML3930.S4995
- LC item number
- A53 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- adolescent
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