Gelfeld Vladimir Olegovich: Epokha Shostakovicha
The author continues the story about Soviet and early post-Soviet music, which he has started in the book ''Soviet Music''. It is difficult to imagine not only Soviet and Russian music, but the entire world culture without the name of Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich, without ''the Era of Shostakovich''. Music by Dmitry Shostakovich, according to the author, which opened up new, hitherto unknown, unseen sides of world culture, new sides of the world!.. Starting with the work of the great genius of the era, Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich, the author continues the story about Russian music of the Soviet period, about ''a new breakthrough'' in the world musical culture.