Dmitri Shostakovich: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Dmitry Shostakovich • Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
Born September 25, 1906 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died August 9, 1975 (aged 68) • Moscow • Russia
Notable Works “Katerina Izmaylova” • “Leningrad Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60” • “Symphony No. 1” • “Symphony No. 10” • “Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47” • “The Nose”

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Portrait of composer Sergey Prokofiev, circa 1938, wearing round glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking slightly to the side.
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer
Aleksandr Glazunov.
Aleksandr Glazunov
Russian composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Portrait of Czech composer Antonin Dvorak with a beard, wearing a suit jacket, waistcoat, and bow tie.
Antonín Dvořák
Bohemian composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg in a suit, seated at a piano and holding a conductor's baton, appears to be conducting music in a wood-paneled room.
Arnold Schoenberg
American composer
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
French composer
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini
Italian composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Portrait of Benjamin Britten, British composer, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Hans Werner Henze.
Hans Werner Henze
German composer
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Henri Sauguet
French composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer
César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.
César Franck
Belgian-French composer