From: Grant Gilman
To: Monart Pon


Monart wrote:
> Shostakovich did not value philosophy in any way like Rand
> did, and thus suffered under a totalitarian Russia with little protest
> until his death in Moscow 1975.

This statement that Shostakovich "suffered...with little protest" is not
entirely true. Since Stalin's media publicly tore down Shostakovich's 4th
symphony, Shostakovich thereafter found many ways to inject protest into
his music. Depending upon what you read this topic may seem dedebatable.
However, if you know the music...and I mean REALLY know the music, then
this element of protest and pain of persecution is overwhelmingly obvious.



Grant A. B. Gilman
ggmuze@...
(443)286.2160
Campus Box #214

"When people refuse to consider the source of wealth, what they refuse to
consider is the fact that wealth is the product of man's intellect, of his
creative ability, fully as much as is art, science, philosophy or any other
human value."

-Ayn Rand





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