Shostakovich symphony no 12
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Symphony No. 12 (Shostakovich)
1961 symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112, titled The Year 1917, was composed by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1961.
He dedicated it to the memory of Vladimir Lenin. Although the performance on October 1, 1961, by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky was billed as the official premiere, the actual first performance took place two hours earlier that same day in Kuybyshev by the Kuybyshev State Philharmonic Orchestra [ru] conducted by Abram Stasevich.
Form
The symphony, which is scored for large orchestra, runs 38 to 40 minutes.
It is divided into four movements, which are played without pause:
- Revolutionary Petrograd (about 14 minutes): Moderato—Allegro—Più mosso—Allegro
- The first movement quotes a revolutionary song with the words "shame on you tyrants" and the Polish song The Warsaw March, both of which appear in the finale of Symphony No.
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- The first movement quotes a revolutionary song with the words "shame on you tyrants" and the Polish song The Warsaw March, both of which appear in the finale of Symphony No.
- Razliv (about 10
