![]() Only the music he wrote for himself remains regularly performed today, such as his First Violin Concerto, a song-cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry, and Fourth String Quartet. ![]() Meanwhile, he kept composing for himself which he did not share with anyone in fear of making his situation even worse, intending on getting them published and performed in the future when they would be appreciated. Those works he intended to make public were aligned with the wishes of the Soviet government, such as practical film scores, “music for the people,” and music which he thought would secure the lift of the denunciation. During this time, he composed two kinds of music during this time: works for the public to make ends meet and works for himself. Petersburg Conservatory, his main source of income. ![]() ![]() He was banished from his professorship at the St. This second denunciation affected Shostakovich for much longer than the first. He had already been denounced once before in 1936 from which he recovered by composing his Fifth Symphony. Along with Sergei Prokofiev, Aram Khachaturian, and other artists, Shostakovich was denounced in 1948 for writing “non-Russian” music. The Tenth Symphony marked a big return for Dmitri Shostakovich, who had been suffering from a denunciation by the Soviet government, whose officials were against all music, art, and literature that they considered too abstract, formal, and serious.
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