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[[Dmitri Shostakovich]]'s '''Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, [[Opus number|Op.]] 61''' was composed in [[1943]] in [[Samara, Russia|Samara]], where he had been evacuated due to the [[Siege of Leningrad]], and was premiered by Shostakovich himself on [[June 6]], soon after moving to [[Moscow]]. It was his first piano composition since the 1933 Preludes op.34. |
[[Dmitri Shostakovich]]'s '''Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, [[Opus number|Op.]] 61''' was composed in [[1943]] in [[Samara, Russia|Samara]], where he had been evacuated due to the [[Siege of Leningrad]], and was premiered by Shostakovich himself on [[June 6]], soon after moving to [[Moscow]]. It was his first piano composition since the [[1933]] Preludes op.34. |
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Dedicated to his former teacher [[Leonid Nikolayev (pianist)|Leonid Nikolayev]], it consists of three movements with the following markings: |
Dedicated to his former teacher [[Leonid Nikolayev (pianist)|Leonid Nikolayev]], it consists of three movements with the following markings: |
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Revision as of 19:32, 29 June 2009
Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61 was composed in 1943 in Samara, where he had been evacuated due to the Siege of Leningrad, and was premiered by Shostakovich himself on June 6, soon after moving to Moscow. It was his first piano composition since the 1933 Preludes op.34.
Dedicated to his former teacher Leonid Nikolayev, it consists of three movements with the following markings:
- Allegretto
- Largo
- Moderato
References
- François-René de Tranchefort and al., Guide de la Musique de Piano et de Clavecin. André Lischke, 'Dimitri Chostakovitch' pages 250-251.
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