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Discord: Music and Dissent

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The last in the series about conscience and musical creativity. Missing Persons. Peter Ainsworth goes in search of the elusive character of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and examines why argument still rages overwhether he was an enthusiastic Communist, a naive escapist, or a cunning dissident. Producer Simon Crow

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Unknown:
Peter Ainsworth
Unknown:
Dmitri Shostakovich
Producer:
Simon Crow
Source: Radio Times

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