Dmitri Shostakovich

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Dmitry Shostakovich sits at a desk by a window, looking at sheet music, wearing glasses and a suit, with papers and books arranged on the desk.

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Russian composer

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Dmitry Shostakovich sits at a desk by a window, looking at sheet music, wearing glasses and a suit, with papers and books arranged on the desk.

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich, early 1940s.

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