| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
456 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Awards |
Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book, 2016 |
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YALSA Finalist for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2016 |
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National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature, 2015 |
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New York Times Notable Children's Books, Young Adult, 2015 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-442) and index. |
| Contents |
The death of yesterday -- The birth of tomorrow -- Life is getting merrier -- Friendship -- Barbarossa -- The approach -- The first movement -- The second movement -- The third movement -- Fables, stories -- Flight -- Railway car no. 7 -- Kuibyshev and Leningrad -- An optimistic Shostakovich -- The city of the dead -- My music is my weapon -- The road of life -- Symphony for the city of the dead -- Cold war and thaw. |
| Summary |
An account of the Siege of Leningrad reveals the role played by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony in rallying and commemorating their fellow citizens. |
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In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history -- almost three years of bombardment and starvation that culminated in the harsh winter of 1943-1944. More than a million citizens perished. Survivors recall corpses littering the frozen streets, their relatives having neither the means nor the strength to bury them. Residents burned books, furniture, and floorboards to keep warm. They ate family pets and -- eventually -- one another to stay alive. Trapped between the Nazi invading force and the Soviet government itself was composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who would write a symphony that roused, rallied, eulogized, and commemorated his fellow citizens -- the Leningrad Symphony, which came to occupy a surprising place of prominence in the eventual Allied victory. This is the true story of a city under siege: the triumph of bravery and defiance in the face of terrifying odds. It is also a look at the power and layered meaning of music in beleaguered lives. |
| Audience |
Ages 14-17. |
| Subject |
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 -- Juvenile literature.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Symphonies, no. 7, op. 60, C major -- Juvenile literature.
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Composers -- Russia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Music and the war -- Juvenile literature.
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Music -- Psychological aspects -- Juvenile literature.
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Morale -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Russia -- Juvenile literature.
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Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- Siege, 1941-1944 -- Juvenile literature.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
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Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- Siege, 1941-1944.
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Composers.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Russia.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. (OCoLC)fst00046784
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Siege of Saint Petersburg (Russia : 1941-1944) (OCoLC)fst01354921
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Composers. (OCoLC)fst00871620
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Russia. (OCoLC)fst01207312
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Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg.
(OCoLC)fst01212867
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| Chronological Term |
1939 - 1945
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| ISBN |
9780763668181 (library binding) |
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0763668184 (library binding) |
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