He satirized League of Nations politicians in the polka of his suite for ballet, The Age of Gold. His Second Symphony is a single 20-minute movement w
He satirized League of Nations politicians in the polka of his suite for ballet, The Age of Gold. His Second Symphony is a single 20-minute movement which features an actual factory whistle during a quiet spot, while Volkov called his Ninth Symphony a work "full of sarcasm and bitterness," disguised as an homage to Haydn. Other orchestral works includes a suite from the incidental music to Mayakovsky's The Bed Bug, as well as a work subtitled "A Soviet Artist's Reply to Just Criticism". He crafted Katerina Izmaylova as a heroic victim in an opera, while his seventh symphony was a response to Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra and written during a German invasion. FTP, name this Russian composer of Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District and the "Leningrad" symphony.
He satirized League of Nations politicians in the polka of his suite for ballet, The Age of Gold.
Dmitri Shostakovich