{"product_id":"10175-shostakovich-dimitri-signed-letter-still-waiting-after-a-year-for-his-telephone-to-be-installed","title":"Shostakovich, Dimitri. (1906-1975) Signed Letter - STILL WAITING AFTER A YEAR FOR HIS TELEPHONE TO BE INSTALLED","description":"Typed Letter Signed, \"D.Shostakovich,\" as Chief Secretary of the Composers Union, to Konstantine Pavlovich of the Moscow Telephone Company, in Russian, requesting that a telephone line be installed for composer A.F. Titov, explaining that Titov needs the phone to facilitate his work with many small orchestras, and reminding him that he himself also requested a phone for on May 3, 1961, but none has been installed. 1 page, tall 4to, \"Secretariat of the Union of Russian Composers\" stationery; faint soiling at folds. Moscow, 28 November 1962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn interesting letter from the esteemed Soviet composer whose 15 symphonies and large body of chamber and instrumental works occupy a place of central importance in the 20th-century repertoire.  Though we could find almost no biographical information about the Titov mentioned here, he evidently composed a number of pro-Stalin songs, including the 1939 \"Rukoy ispitannoyu Stalin narodi bratskie vedyot,\" whose catchy lyrics give a hint of what the music is like: \" What we've dreamed of for centuries \/ great works for our people \/ what Stalin envisions, he stubbornly fights for...Always and everywhere with us Lenin-He lives in the minds, lives in the hearts...\").","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093413187743,"sku":"10175","price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Shostakovich_TLS_10175.jpg?v=1722187858","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/10175-shostakovich-dimitri-signed-letter-still-waiting-after-a-year-for-his-telephone-to-be-installed","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}