In an act itself parodied by Bartok, the composer seemingly borrowed a melody from the song
In an act itself parodied by Bartok, the composer seemingly borrowed a melody from the song "You'll Find Me at Maxim's" from The Merry Widow, which may be an in-joke since his own son was named Maxim. The composer downplayed the alleged jingoism of this work in his memoir of uncertain authenticity, Testimony, and claimed he originally titled its movements, calling this symphony's third movement Adagio "Native Expanses" to wax eloquent on the vastness of his nation. Meanwhile, its Allegretto first movement contains a much-repeated march and snare drum beat to simulate the movement of invading Nazi troops. FTP, identify this Dmitri Shostakovich symphony written during the siege of the titular city.
In an act itself parodied by Bartok, the composer seemingly borrowed a melody from the song
{Leningrad} Symphony or Shostakovich’s Symphony #{7} (require Shostakovich in the answer until mentioned)