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The 'Leningrad Symphony' on NBC

Composers Datebook by American Public Media

Jul 19, 202600:02:00Health

Synopsis During WWII, German troops encircled Leningrad for 900 days, a siege that caused immense suffering for that city’s residents. One of them, composer Dmitri Shostakovich, appeared on the cover of a July 1942 issue...

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The 'Leningrad Symphony' on NBC is an episode from Composers Datebook by American Public Media. Synopsis During WWII, German troops encircled Leningrad for 900 days, a siege that caused immense suffering for that city’s residents. One of th...

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