Shostakovich: Hits and Misses
Shostakovich: Hits and Misses
This chapter discusses the Stalin Prize history of Dmitry Shostakovich, who won in 1950 and 1952. It begins with an analysis of the debate in the Stalin Prize Committee over Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony, first in 1944 and again in 1945, and how the work tested the boundaries of musical Socialist Realism. It then turns to Shostakovich's two other works that were considered prize material: the Second String Quartet and the Piano Trio No. 2. It also examines the Ninth Symphony and the Third Quartet, along with Song of the Forests and The Fall of Berlin for which Shostakovich received the Stalin Prize in 1950. Finally, it looks at the Ten Poems on texts by revolutionary poets, op. 88, which ostensibly continued along Shostakovich's ‘realist’ path.
Keywords: Stalin Prize, Dmitry Shostakovich, Stalin Prize Committee, Eighth Symphony, Socialist Realism, Second String Quartet, Piano Trio No. 2, Ninth Symphony, Song of the Forests, The Fall of Berlin
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