Leningrad Symphony (Shostakovich)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Leningrad_Symphony_(Shostakovich)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:catalogueNumber Op. 60
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Leningrad
gptkbp:duration approximately 75 minutes
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Samuil_Samosud
gptkbp:firstUSPerformance Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, 1942
gptkbp:firstWesternPerformance Henry Wood, London, 1942
gptkbp:genre orchestral music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Leningrad Symphony (Shostakovich)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Nazi_invasion_of_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:key C major
gptkbp:language instrumental
gptkbp:movement Adagio
Allegro non troppo
gptkbp:movementTitle Allegretto
Moderato (poco allegretto)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Leningrad_Symphony
gptkbp:notableFeature famous 'invasion theme' in first movement
gptkbp:notablePerformance Leningrad, 9 August 1942
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkb:Valery_Gergiev
gptkb:André_Previn
gptkb:Yevgeny_Mravinsky
gptkbp:numberOfMovements 4
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Symphony_No._7_in_C_major,_Op._60
gptkbp:opusNumber Op. 60
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:Leningrad_Radio_Orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 5 March 1942
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Kuybyshev,_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:Sovetsky_Kompozitor
gptkbp:recipient gptkb:Stalin_Prize
gptkbp:significance symbol of Soviet resistance
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Siege_of_Leningrad
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:yearComposed 1941
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Siege_of_Leningrad
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5