Leningrad: Siege and Symphony: The Story of the Great City Terrorized by Stalin, Starved by Hitler, Immortalized by Shostakovich

by Brian Moynahan

Book Overview

Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802123163
• ISBN13: 9780802123169
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.2" x 8.9"