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      • Dmitri Shostakovich

      • Satires (Pictures of the Past), Op. 109 (1960)

      • G Schirmer Inc (USA, Canada and Mexico only)
        Le Chant Du Monde (France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries)

      G Schirmer is the publisher of the work in the USA, Canada and Mexico only. Le Chant du Monde is the publisher of the work in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries.

      • pf
      • Soprano
      • 14 min

      Programme Note

      Dedicated to Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya

      Satires Op.109 was written in 1960, set around the words of well known pre-revolutionary satirist Sasha Chorny. The composer Shostakovich, dedicated the Satires to the soprano Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya, who wasthe first to perform them on February 22nd, 1961 at the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire. This piece has been presented in Russian and German.

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      1 To a critic
      2 Spring awakening
      3 Descendants
      4 Misunderstanding
      5 The Kreutzer Sonata