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Classical Mu However, if Brahms had it worse for he was born in the; of this century. Russia-a lai revolution and where there if father, a minor government' 1922, of a bloodclot on the t nvtrvnm a f/xww** - ' ? - isnuaiAivuvitti WAS l'tl and Nikolayev. Much of Ru suffering the ravages of th< revolution. At this time 5 Marusia and Zoya were lh desperation. It fell to his newly widowe children until the boy coul promise he had shown both t did, working whenever she c giving an occasional piano AT ONE LOW POINT, ove Shostakovich took a job as pii chilly and drafty hall until brilliant success of his First him from being financially ci ?ivn uvuui uuuugll (A/VCllJT shading as his very greatne with the Soviet State for the r It has been said that Fortu sorts in the path of an artist mination to climb the steep many artists of as great a eventually succumbed becai because their flesh was not Does one breed and train n Draycarts full of coal or cei content with their lot, or com m's success was because Shostakovich's success was k is a result of just hard luck, long ago. Worse, I have fcx "more practical" profession clothed and remain bitterly been sidetracked? I have r they call U.S.C. in a state tha WHAT HAS THIS TO DO shall see, but don't expect i elucidate a motto that, in tir music can get you through ha money can get you through g< | ?,/fl . ' J|lj y J 5' I i r I SIC" From page 12 bad in his youth, Shostakovich had it e great upheavals of Russia in the beginr id where everybody sings in tune after i only one flavor ice cream, Shostakovu worker, died at a relatively youthful ag rain. EN a 16-year-old studying under Glazu ssia was hungry, for the country was ; 3 war witn Germany, and its own re< Shostakovich, his mother and his sisi ring in a state of poverty very close id mother to support herself and her th d complete his education and fulfill is a composer and pianist. This his mol :ould as cashier at the Worker's Union lesson. ir the objections of his mother and sist< mist in a silent movie house, playing in ill health forced him to give it up. r Symphony premiering May 12, 1926 sa1 rushed altogether. Although saved froi nnH nodlo/^t Kic ftv\iiK1oc< fAnlr ? VI..V HUJ VA VUM1VO IVA/A a U111CI ss had him constantly in and out of fa est of his long and illustrious career, ne often likes to put impediments of m< 's career-to fortify his courage and del path to success. I wonder, however, 1 caliber as the two examples above hi ise the obstacles were just one too ma made of bronze. icehorses so that they may pull dray car! Tient-and expect them to be good at it, pete successfully with Clydesdales? Br of hard work and who one know >ecause of hard work and luck. My succ With luck like mine, I gave up hard w j_i * * x:ii siueuracKea mio pursuing some ot . With luck, I may become properly fed i unhappy the rest of my life. How ha\ emained here at this ageing vat for yc t can be described in one word-loathsoi with classical music? Quite a lot, as ; a short tale from me. Instead, I seeli nes of duress, I reiterate-a little classi ird times with no money better than a li ood times with no classical music. Kj 1 Band to perforir | The Unity Bluegrass Band I I Chicago will be giving a t concert on Sunday, February 5 8p.m. in the Booker T. Washir Auditorium, across from University of South Care Fieldhouse on Wheat Street, concert is open to the public, a sponsored by the Baha'i club One of the groups riding the < of the current wave of blueg fever is the Unity Bluegrass B * y | r *"w I I K I ven ling fftJ? f \ ;Cto S S iree ,C the A3. hf?r \Jjl. and I 1 the 3 50vor z JEAI ave ; SPO ah's Midlanc her and I ^ I 1 1 04MillerAve Columbia, S.C. cal ttle 779-3197 i Mon.-Sat. 9-6 from free 56, at iCton S|"ASME1 irest 799-8505 l?C?U rasf on the and. a Kegs: Kegs: Kegssssassss^ 11 and more Kegs $ Budwe jl Bltd \f, Strohs | $3l,5? | Michel 9 Michelob | Miller J $35.50 I jl Schlitz 1 Liebfraumilch $ ^ . 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