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Yet the sparrow sings by neapolitan_sixth
Fandoms: Classical Music RPF, 20th Century CE RPF
30 Aug 2024
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1948: Zhdanov issues his infamous decree, targeting the Soviet Union’s most prominent composers. Dmitri Shostakovich, disgraced composer of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, is experienced with such denunciations. Sergei Prokofiev, formerly exiled composer-pianist and presently repatriated Soviet…is not. A fictional exploration of the fallout that follows.
(Or; the futility of fate, the struggle for identity, and the purpose of art.)