The gigantic first movement of his fourth symphony includes a frenetic fugue and buildup in the brass, reaching a 12-tone cluster chord at five fs.
This composer's last symphony includes prominent quotations from Tristan, the Ring Cycle, and the William Tell overture. The gigantic first movement of his fourth symphony includes a frenetic fugue and buildup in the brass, reaching a 12-tone cluster chord at five fs. He used an orchestra of just strings and percussion in his incredibly depressing, eleven-movement, second-to-last symphony, which uses Rilke, (*) Lorca, and Apollinaire poems. In the first movement of his seventh symphony, an extra brass band comes in halfway through the extremely repetitive, march-like development. His fifth symphony, in D minor, was meant to rehabilitate his reputation after his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District was denounced in Pravda. For 10 points, name this Soviet composer of the "Leningrad" symphony.
This composer's last symphony includes prominent quotations from Tristan, the Ring Cycle, and the William Tell overture.
Dmitri Shostakovich