Question

Why was the success of 5th Symphony so important to Shostakovich?

A. He was running short on financial capital

B. It meant he could finally travel to western europe

C. It would mean success in the U.S.

D. Avoid being sent to a Gulag

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The Composition: Fifth Symphony, 1937 — A "landmark heroic period piece" that was Shostakovich's attempt to "conform to Soviet-era symphonies," says Morrision. The traditional structure and instrumentation evoke a "narrative representation of a hero's life and death."

The Fifth Symphony was composed in an atmosphere of heart-stopping terror just as Moscow's elite seemed to be devouring itself. For some, it was forced labour camps in Siberia; for others, a brutal end at the hands of the much-feared NKVD, Stalin's secret police