Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
M.T. Anderson
This nonfiction account centers on the Siege of Leningrad and on Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony. It places the story in September 1941, when Adolf Hitler’s Wehrmacht encircled Leningrad. The book examines Shostakovich’s role alongside that of his symphony in the context of the siege, connecting a composer and a major work of music to wartime events in the city.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
