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        &lt;p&gt;Making music under Stalin was a dangerous undertaking — it could end with applause or in a prison camp. In the brutal grip of World War II, Shostakovich composed a symphony so powerful, it was smuggled halfway around the world in order to be played.&lt;/p&gt;
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Decomposed with Jade Simmons

American Public Media

Symphony for a starving city

MAY 7, 201932 MIN
Decomposed with Jade Simmons

Symphony for a starving city

MAY 7, 201932 MIN

Description

<p>Making music under Stalin was a dangerous undertaking — it could end with applause or in a prison camp. In the brutal grip of World War II, Shostakovich composed a symphony so powerful, it was smuggled halfway around the world in order to be played.</p>