{"id":67523,"date":"2021-08-06T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=67523"},"modified":"2024-02-25T13:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T18:54:37","slug":"shostakovich-stalins-composer-ww2-biography-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/08\/06\/shostakovich-stalins-composer-ww2-biography-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Shostakovich: Stalin&#8217;s Composer? &#8211; WW2 Biography Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/827zsCiQ_YY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 5 Aug 2021<\/p>\n<p>Leningrad&#8217;s Dmitri Shostakovich has risen from a child prodigy to be one of the Soviet Union&#8217;s most celebrated composers, having rescued his career from Stalin&#8217;s interference along the way. Desperate to defend Russia after the German invasion, he fights back, not with a rifle, but with music.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Get Collectibles here: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/collectibles\/\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/collectibles\/\u200b<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nBetween 2 Wars: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nSource list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer<br \/>\nCreative Director: Wieke Kapteijns<br \/>\nCreative Producer: Maria Kyhle<br \/>\nWritten by: James Newman<br \/>\nResearch by: James Newman<br \/>\nEdited by: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nMap animations by: Daniel Weiss<br \/>\nMap research by: Markus Linke<br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nColorizations by:<br \/>\n&#8211; Miko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\n&#8211; Olga Shirnina, a.k.a. Klimbim &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/klimbim2014.wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/klimbim2014.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Archive footage: Screenocean\/Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image sources:<br \/>\n&#8211; Huydang2910 from Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n&#8211; Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe<br \/>\n&#8211; Dmitry Shostakovich Publishing House (DSCH)<br \/>\n&#8211; Rafail Mazelev \/ TASS photo chronicle<br \/>\n&#8211; Samara State Philharmonic<br \/>\n&#8211; St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic named after D.D. Shostakovich<\/p>\n<p>Soundtracks from the Epidemic Sound:<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Ominous&#8221; &#8211; Philip Ayers<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;London&#8221; &#8211; Howard Harper-Barnes<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;The Twelve Spies&#8221; &#8211; Silver Maple<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;The Inspector 4&#8221; &#8211; Johannes Bornl\u00f6f<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Spellbound&#8221; &#8211; Edward Karl Hanson<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Symphony of the Cold-Blooded&#8221; &#8211; Christian Andersen<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Dawn Of Civilization&#8221; &#8211; Jo Wandrini<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Deviation In Time&#8221; &#8211; Johannes Bornlof<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\n2 hours ago<br \/>\nSome might say that Shostakovich is a coward or a hypocrite for working for the very regime that had so brutally condemned him. But, this compromise saves him from artistic ruin, and perhaps even the horrors of the Gulag. More importantly, for Shostakovich, it means he can do his part in defending his beloved Russian homeland. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-06-at-11-39-44-Shostakovich-Stalins-Composer-\u2013-WW2-Biography-Special-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-06-at-11-39-44-Shostakovich-Stalins-Composer-\u2013-WW2-Biography-Special-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-67525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-06-at-11-39-44-Shostakovich-Stalins-Composer-\u2013-WW2-Biography-Special-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-06-at-11-39-44-Shostakovich-Stalins-Composer-\u2013-WW2-Biography-Special-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-06-at-11-39-44-Shostakovich-Stalins-Composer-\u2013-WW2-Biography-Special-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-06-at-11-39-44-Shostakovich-Stalins-Composer-\u2013-WW2-Biography-Special-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published 5 Aug 2021 Leningrad&#8217;s Dmitri Shostakovich has risen from a child prodigy to be one of the Soviet Union&#8217;s most celebrated composers, having rescued his career from Stalin&#8217;s interference along the way. 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