Like Bach, he frequently used a "musical monogram" of four notes, in his case D, E flat, C, and B, from the German transliteration of his name. This first appears in his first violin concerto, which, though written in 1947 and 1948, was first performed in 1955 by David Oistr
Like Bach, he frequently used a "musical monogram" of four notes, in his case D, E flat, C, and B, from the German transliteration of his name. This first appears in his first violin concerto, which, though written in 1947 and 1948, was first performed in 1955 by David Oistrakh. The delay arose as the composer found himself writing film scores after having lost his position at the Moscow Conservatory due to Stalin's attack on "anti-democratic tendencies in music." For ten points, who is this composer who responded to Stalin's 1936 article "Muddle instead of Music" with his Fifth Symphony?
Like Bach, he frequently used a "musical monogram" of four notes, in his case D, E flat, C, and B, from the German transliteration of his name.