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Re: Shostakovich's "Leningrad"
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Aaron Rabushka <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:20:13 -0600
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The on-going ostinato and dozen or so repetitions of that cabaret-like
tune that form the bulk of the first movement are boring as all get-out.
In "Bolero" Ravel challenged boredom and routed it as resoundingly as has
any composer.  DSCH took on a similar task in this symphony and failed.

Aaron J. Rabushka
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