One symphony by this composer uses a jaunty theme in the strings to represent Humor while another of his symphonies is dedicated to the first of May.
One symphony by this composer uses a jaunty theme in the strings to represent Humor while another of his symphonies is dedicated to the first of May. This composer scored his first piano concerto for piano, strings, and solo trumpet, and in his eighth string quartet he repeats a signature D Â– E-flat Â– C Â– B motif. This author also wrote an opera about Katerina Izmailova, and his seventh symphony features a snare drum ostinato which begins an "invasion" theme. For 10 points, name this Russian composer of Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District and symphonies nicknamed "Babi Yar" and "Leningrad."
One symphony by this composer uses a jaunty theme in the strings to represent Humor while another of his symphonies is dedicated to the first of May.
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich 