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bmichaelh

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6. Shostakovich

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2025, 04:23 PM

Mar 2025

National Symphony Orchestra played Shostakovich.

When will Trump start purging certain types of music from the Kennedy Center.

Authoritarian societies do this.

Nazi Germany forbade Mendelssohn and some Bruch.
Shostakovich ran afoul of Stalin multiple times.

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