It meant different things to different people, but somehow it meant them all intensely. Shostakovich's words just confuse the issue. His symphony itself is what remains. Listen to it. It is your symphony to write with him.

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M.T. Anderson was a contemporary American author. Matthew Tobin Anderson is an American writer of children's books that range from picture books to young adult novels. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2006 for The Pox Party, the first of two "Octavian Nothing" books, which are historical novels set in Revolution-era Boston. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Music — The universal language of melody, rhythm, and harmony

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