Eventos
Dmitri Shostakovich is bornRussian Revolution of 1905Stravinsky's "Firebird" premieresStravinsky's "Petrushka" premieresShostakovich's 5th Symphony premieresProkofiev returns to RussiaBritten sails to North AmericaBritten returns to EnglandProkofiev's Piano Sonata No. 7 premiered by Sviatoslav RichterBritten's "Peter Grimes" premieresProkofiev's 5th Symphony premieresShostakovich's music denounced by the USSRShostakovich's 7th Symphony premieresProkofiev composes oratorio "On Guard for Peace",
upon the Soviet regime’s requestProkofiev diesStalin diesShostakovich's 4th Symphony premieres,
25 years after it is composedBritten's War Requiem premieredStravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" premieresBenjamin Britten is bornRussian Revolution; Vladimir Lenin rises to powerProkofiev leaves RussiaSoviet Union is establishedLenin dies;
Joseph Stalin takes control of the USSRShostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth" premieresStravinsky leaves RussiaZhdanov Doctrine passed,
compelling Soviet artists to conform to the
party’s wishes or face persecutionSoviet composers,
including Shostakovich, Prokofiev,
Khachaturian, and Kabalevsky,
are denounced for ‘formalism’
(act of creating music too difficult to understand/enjoy)Shostakovich composes his Eighth String Quartet,
("to the victims of fascism and war")Shostakovich joins the Communist partyStravinsky returns to RussiaDmitri Kabalevsky joins the Communist partyIgor Stravinsky is bornSergei Prokofiev is bornStravinsky diesShostakovich diesBritten diesStravinsky's opera "Pulcinella" premieresStravinsky's Octet premieresProkofiev's 6th Symphony premieresShostakovich's "Lady Macbeth" banned by the USSR30 year long ban on Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth" is liftedPeríodos
World War IWorld War IIProkofiev composes
his three "War Sonatas"Stalin's Great Terror
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