[DOC] [TLE] Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich) - Wikipedia [PAR] Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 (titled Leningrad), was 
written c. ... As a condemnation of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the 
work is .... She heard Shostakovich play the Seventh Symphony on the piano in a 
.... As for the city itself, Leningrad surrounded by the Nazis had become a living... [DOC] [TLE] Leningrad premire of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 - Wikipedia [PAR] The Leningrad premire of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 occurred on 9 
August 1942 during the Second World War, while the city of Leningrad (now St. 
Petersburg) was under siege by Nazi ... The concert was supported by a Soviet 
military offensive, code-named .... As the hall fell silent, Eliasberg began 
conducting. [DOC] [TLE] Dmitri Shostakovich - Biography - IMDb [PAR] In the summer of 1941 Nazi Germany and its allies invaded the Soviet Union, and 
German and ... During the first months of the siege Shostakovich was in 
Leningrad. ... He was evacuated from the besieged city in the end of 1941. The 
Seventh "Leningrad" Symphony, which Shostakovich started composing during 
the Nazi... [DOC] [TLE] The Siege of Leningrad - History in the Headlines [PAR] Sep 8, 2016 ... The Nazis assumed the city would last mere weeks under the ... Leningrad was 
finally liberated by the Soviet Red Army in January 1944, but ... World War II's 
most infamous siege began a little over two months ... Shostakovich's seventh 
symphony, which had been written during the early days of the siege. [DOC] [TLE] The Story Behind Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony - Classic FM [PAR] How Hitler's attack on Russia inspired one of Shostakovich's greatest works. ... of 
Russia had brought Hitler's hordes to the gates of Leningrad where they laid 
siege. ... He began work on his Seventh Symphony in the first hot days of July. ... 
nor the grim atmosphere of the beleaguered city could hinder the flow, he 
recalled. [DOC] [TLE] Leningrad: Siege and Symphony: The Story of the Great City ... [PAR] Oct 13, 2015 ... In Leningrad: Siege and Symphony, Brian Moynahan sets the ..... With the Nazi 
tentacles encircling Leningrad, the composer began his ... Shostakovich's 
Seventh Symphony was first played in the city to .... in German gun positions by 
now that he knew the names of some of the enemy battery commanders. [DOC] [TLE] Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich) - Topics [PAR] As a condemnation of the German invasion of the Soviet Union , the work is ... 
She heard Shostakovich play the Seventh Symphony on the piano in a private 
home .... As for the city itself, Leningrad surrounded by the Nazis had become a 
living hell, ..... After this appearance, in July 2005, he was named the RLPO's 
principal... [DOC] [TLE] Leningrad, Shostakovich and the Music of Transcendence [PAR] Dec 25, 2015 ... ... I began writing this review I put Dmitri Shostakovich's Seventh ... More than a 
million of those died during the Nazi siege of the city of ... Yet, he is also a patriot 
and a believer in the Soviet revolution. ... Titled the Leningrad Symphony, it is 
Shostakovich's Seventh. .... Tells the Facts and Names the Names [DOC] [TLE] MT Anderson: 'Seeking Out the Truth' for Teens - Tumblr [PAR] Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of ... 
Trapped between the Nazi invading force and the Soviet government itself was ... 
of Lenin/then Stalin/the siege of Leningrad during WWII/or the Russian point of 
view of ... and its native son, composer Dmitri Shostakovich, whose seventh 
symphony... [DOC] [TLE] RE-EXAMINING THE WARHORSE: SHOSTAKOVICH'S ... [PAR] of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony, wherein a deeper insight into its 
construction and the .... suffering deeply from the Nazi invasion during World War 
II. ... Boris Schwarz, Music and Musical Life in Soviet Russia: 1917-1981, enl. ed. 
.... He dedicated his new symphony to the city of Leningrad: Never in my life 
have

Question: Shostakovich's seventh symphony is named for this Soviet city where he began it during the Nazi siege
Answer: Leningrad