Comments on: shostakovich symphony no. 10 http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/ contemplating a life of meditation and seclusion in a monastery in asia, meanwhile... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:55:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: randomguru http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1156 randomguru Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:32:22 +0000 http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1156 Tara: omg, i'll have to check the CD for the entire length of the symphony. the second movement is like, 4 plus minutes long and is very fast. reminds me of star wars. i'll be john williams was inspired, maybe. ;o) Annie: wow, that is cool! now it makes sense. thank you. that sounds like an excellent class to take. Tara: omg, i’ll have to check the CD for the entire length of the symphony. the second movement is like, 4 plus minutes long and is very fast. reminds me of star wars. i’ll be john williams was inspired, maybe. ;o)

Annie: wow, that is cool! now it makes sense. thank you. that sounds like an excellent class to take.

]]> By: Tara-Chan http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1155 Tara-Chan Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:41:30 +0000 http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1155 1958... Interesting. x_x;; So if the just the first movement is 22 minutes long, then how long is the whole symphony? Two hours long? XD That's definitely an entire concert there. 1958… Interesting. x_x;; So if the just the first movement is 22 minutes long, then how long is the whole symphony? Two hours long? XD That’s definitely an entire concert there.

]]> By: annie http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1154 annie Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:18:15 +0000 http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1154 hehe shostakovich is all about the nazi/wwii era... that's acutally the project that i was working on! the class i'm going to teach is: composers of the nazi era (8 composers). shostakovich's music was banned in russia for the longest time because stalin thought it reflects too much on the war.... he wanted patriotic music but bahhhhh sorry i'm being nerdy! oooh you already knew that. i just read your comments :) hehe he's one of my fav composers cuz he has such a real passion and reflection to his music. it's so honest.... depressing or not, it's such honesty and i love that :) hehe shostakovich is all about the nazi/wwii era… that’s acutally the project that i was working on! the class i’m going to teach is: composers of the nazi era (8 composers). shostakovich’s music was banned in russia for the longest time because stalin thought it reflects too much on the war…. he wanted patriotic music but bahhhhh sorry i’m being nerdy!

oooh you already knew that. i just read your comments :) hehe he’s one of my fav composers cuz he has such a real passion and reflection to his music. it’s so honest…. depressing or not, it’s such honesty and i love that :)

]]> By: randomguru http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1150 randomguru Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:53:02 +0000 http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1150 Tara: i think that first movement is actually a bit longer too. 22 minutes and a few seconds. yes, it is long for a first movement of a symphony. now this was composed in 1958. Tara: i think that first movement is actually a bit longer too. 22 minutes and a few seconds. yes, it is long for a first movement of a symphony. now this was composed in 1958.

]]> By: randomguru http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1149 randomguru Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:53:53 +0000 http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1149 fishlamp: ah, you know that one. it is a very depressing piece of art. i read somewhwere that shostakovich was always at odds with the russian government. like, they tried to censor his works because they depicted a reality of life in Russia. fishlamp: ah, you know that one. it is a very depressing piece of art. i read somewhwere that shostakovich was always at odds with the russian government. like, they tried to censor his works because they depicted a reality of life in Russia.

]]> By: Tara-Chan http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1148 Tara-Chan Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:22:16 +0000 http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1148 Twenty minutes long? And that's only the first movement? Wow... and I thought the Tchaikovsky's Piano concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor was long. Twenty minutes long? And that’s only the first movement? Wow… and I thought the Tchaikovsky’s Piano concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor was long.

]]> By: fishlamp http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1147 fishlamp Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:35:59 +0000 http://carlosrull.com/2006/04/19/shostakovich-symphony-no-10/#comment-1147 It really is truly a work of art. But you're right, it elicits feelings of sadness and depression. I wonder what inspired this piece to be composed... It really is truly a work of art. But you’re right, it elicits feelings of sadness and depression. I wonder what inspired this piece to be composed…

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