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The Resource Symphony for the city of the dead : Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad, M.T. Anderson

Symphony for the city of the dead : Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad, M.T. Anderson

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
456 pages
Contents
  • The death of yesterday
  • The birth of tomorrow
  • Life is getting merrier
  • Friendship
  • Barbarossa
  • The approach
  • The first movement
  • The second movement
  • The third movement
  • Fables, stories
  • Flight
  • Railway car no. 7
  • Kuibyshev and Leningrad
  • An optimistic Shostakovich
  • The city of the dead
  • My music is my weapon
  • The road of life
  • Symphony for the city of the dead
  • Cold war and thaw
Isbn
9780763668181
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Label
Symphony for the city of the dead : Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
Title
Symphony for the city of the dead
Title remainder
Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
Statement of responsibility
M.T. Anderson
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Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
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Author
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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
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Writing style
Award
  • Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2015
  • School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Book, 2015.
Awards note
New York Times Notable Children's Books, Young Adult, 2015.
Biography type
contains biographical information
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10445530
Cataloging source
YDXCP
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Anderson, M. T
Dewey number
940.5421
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
Index
index present
Intended audience
Ages 14-17
Literary form
non fiction
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  • 9
  • 12
Nature of contents
bibliography
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True
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  • Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich
  • Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich
  • Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich
  • Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich
  • Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich
  • Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich
  • Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich
  • Morale
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Composers
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Composers
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Composers
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Morale
  • Music
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Composers
  • Young adult literature
  • Composers
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Music
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Russia
  • Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Target audience
adolescent
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Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
Label
Symphony for the city of the dead : Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad, M.T. Anderson
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-442) and index
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volume
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  • cartographic image
  • text
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Contents
The death of yesterday -- The birth of tomorrow -- Life is getting merrier -- Friendship -- Barbarossa -- The approach -- The first movement -- The second movement -- The third movement -- Fables, stories -- Flight -- Railway car no. 7 -- Kuibyshev and Leningrad -- An optimistic Shostakovich -- The city of the dead -- My music is my weapon -- The road of life -- Symphony for the city of the dead -- Cold war and thaw
Control code
000056577079
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
456 pages
Isbn
9780763668181
Lccn
2015936915
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)900179946
Label
Symphony for the city of the dead : Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad, M.T. Anderson
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-442) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • still image
  • cartographic image
  • text
Content type code
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
The death of yesterday -- The birth of tomorrow -- Life is getting merrier -- Friendship -- Barbarossa -- The approach -- The first movement -- The second movement -- The third movement -- Fables, stories -- Flight -- Railway car no. 7 -- Kuibyshev and Leningrad -- An optimistic Shostakovich -- The city of the dead -- My music is my weapon -- The road of life -- Symphony for the city of the dead -- Cold war and thaw
Control code
000056577079
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
456 pages
Isbn
9780763668181
Lccn
2015936915
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)900179946

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