October 25, 2024
Tag: Dmitri
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A Memoir of a Listener
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Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich’s exceptional career was launched in 1926 with the premiereof his first symphony – his graduation piece. He quickly established himself at the forefront of young Soviet composers. In the years since, his music has been a major component in every symphony orchestra’s repertoire – classical music for those who claim to not…
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November 22, 2021 5 Comments
Recently space travel has been in the news and the two events were financed by men who made their fortunes in ways other than transportation. There is an adage that “there is nothing new under the sun.” The Pickwick Nite Coach of the 1930s was every bit as exciting and the man who paid the bills was an electrician.