by Barry Lenson | Feb 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Edited by Barry Lenson from Content Generated by the Claude AI App Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a revolutionary Russian composer who played a crucial role in creating a distinctly national musical style during the 19th century. Born on March 21, 1839 into a wealthy...
by Barry Lenson | Feb 3, 2025 | Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet Music
By Barry Lenson Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was born on September 25, 1906, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He entered the Saint Petersburg Conservatory at 13, where he studied composition with Alexander Glazunov. Shostakovich spent his life not only composing music...
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