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“I think it is clear to everyone what happens in the Fifth . The rejoicing is forced, created under threat, as in Boris Godunov . It's as if someone were beating you with a stick and saying, "Your business is rejoicing, your business is rejoicing," and you rise, shaky, and go marching off, muttering, "Our business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing.”

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Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich was a Soviet composer of the 20th century, renowned for his unique musical style that merged neoclassicism with elements of modernism. He composed 15 symphonies, 15 string quartets, and many other works, which have had a significant impact on the world of classical music. more

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“Many consider that Shostakovich is the greatest 20th-century composer. In his 15 symphonies, 15 quartets, and in other works he demonstrated mastery of the largest and most challenging forms with music of great emotional power and technical invention...All his works are marked by emotional extremes - tragic intensity, grotesque and bizarre wit, humour, parody, and savage sarcasm.”

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Author:Dmitri Shostakovich
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“Those humble but indomitable workers, to whom later generations referred by the collective name of Baale Masorah, Masters of Tradition, performed in obscurity their Herculean task of guarding the Biblical Text against loss or variation.”

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Book:The Biblical text in the making: a study of the kethib-qere
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