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Can Shostakovich Ever Escape Stalin’s Shadow?

Can Shostakovich Ever Escape Stalin’s Shadow?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, one of the mainstays of the twentieth-century orchestral repertory, ends with an unapologetic display of musical bombast. The coda consists of thirty-five triple-forte bars in the key…

Frank Auerbach’s Raw Truths

Frank Auerbach’s Raw Truths

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The name of Frank Auerbach, the British artist who died on November 11th, at the age of ninety-three, is not especially well known in the United States. MOMA holds five of…