Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 65. Chapters: Ballets by Dmitri Shostakovich, Ballets to the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Concertos by Dmitri Shostakovich, Operas by Dmitri Shostakovich, String quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich, Suites by Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 2, Symphony No. 7, List of compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 13, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 11, Symphony No. 14, Symphony No. 15, 24 Preludes and Fugues, Symphony No. 12, Moscow, Cheryomushki, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Song of the Forests, Symphony No. 9, Symphony No. 8, Symphony No. 10, The Nose, Cello Concerto No. 2, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Violin Sonata, Suite for Variety Orchestra, Symphony No. 6, String Quartet No. 8, String Quartet No. 1, Cello Sonata, Violin Concerto No. 1, Suite on Finnish Themes, Concerto DSCH, Mercurial Manoeuvres, The Bright Stream, String Quartet No. 3, Piano Concerto No. 1, The Bolt, Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2, String Quartet No. 9, String Quartet No. 15, Violin Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 3, Festive Overture, From Jewish Folk Poetry, String Quartet No. 12, String Quartet No. 13, Anti-Formalist Rayok, Piano Trio No. 1, String Quartet No. 2, Piano Quintet, String Quartet No. 5, Seven Songs on Poems by Alexander Blok, String Quartet No. 6, Tahiti Trot, String Quartet No. 14, String Quartet No. 11, String Quartet No. 4, Novorossiysk Chimes, String Quartet No. 7, Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1, Piano Trio No. 2, String Quartet No. 10, Piano Sonata No. 2, The Gadfly Suite, Children's Notebook, Suite from ''The Age of Gold''. Excerpt: Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 dedicated to the city of Leningrad was completed on 27 December 1941. In its time, the symphony was extremely popular in both Russia and the West as a symbol of resistance and...