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Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony

In this theme, Shostakovich will quote the first movement of his fifth symphony. This is for Lauren and Bleak, over an ostinato or repeated accompaniment. A new theme will soon emerge, and it is also a self-quotation,. though not as blatant as the one of the first symphony. The piece has divided listeners with the so-called meaning of its ending.

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