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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<
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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
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