1. The Life and Music of Dimitri Shostakovich
Over night, he went from being Russia's golden boy composer, to the border lines of being a non-person. ... Nearly always in the implacable repetition of three fateful notes. ... And then breaks off again, with the appearance of those three fateful notes, the first dead end. ... And just changing one note can change the entire meaning of the piece. ...
- Word Count: 3530
- Approx Pages: 14
- Grade Level: High School