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... Being at the forefront of Soviet art, Shostakovich was thought of as a political tool by his government. Bent on setting new trends and urging many Soviet composers to sort of give a voice to revolutionary socialism, the Soviet cultural bureau provided Shostakovich with comissions for the concert hall and stage during the 1920s. ... An article was published in Pravda, the Soviet newspaper, denouncing Shostakovich for formalism, which was a term used to describe anything Stalin did not like. ...
If leading biographies are accurate, Shostakovich possessed little support for Leninism. ... After his fathers, Dmitri Boleslavovichs, death in 1922, his family struggled in Russias new social order.
Restrictions placed on art by Stalin and Khrushchev caused Shostakovich to fear official condemnation.
Approximate Word count = 538
Approximate Pages = 2.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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