This symphony ends by incorporating the songs "Whirlwinds of Danger" and "Tremble, Tyrants"into the "alarm bell" movement Tocsin.
This symphony ends by incorporating the songs "Whirlwinds of Danger" and "Tremble, Tyrants"into the "alarm bell" movement Tocsin. It opens with a brass fanfare in suggestion of a soldiers'reveille over timpani, before the songs "The Prisoner" and "Listen!" are played. The Allegro secondmovement of this symphony depicts the descent of a crowd into chaos on the movement's title date,follows by the "In Memoriam" Adagio third movement which incorporates the funeral march "YouFell As Victims." The unexpected drum hits in the second movement represent tanks rather thanguns, according to a perceptive old woman at its premiere. This piece's impetus was discussed in thebiography of its composer, Testimony, which reveals that its composer's father participated in the (*)Bloody Sunday incident that inspired its writing. Possibly intended to parallel the contemporary Hungarianuprising with the march put down by Cossacks, this symphony inspired the composer's son to ask "Papa,what if they hang you for this?" For 10 points, identify this 1957 symphony in G minor which ostensiblycommemorates the aborted first major revolution against Nicholas II and was written by DmitriShostakovich.
This symphony ends by incorporating the songs "Whirlwinds of Danger" and "Tremble, Tyrants"into the "alarm bell" movement Tocsin.
Shostakovich's 11th Symphony in G Minor [or The Year 1905; or just 11th_ once "Shostakovich" is read]