#Dmitri Shostakovitch

[ranomred]

i drew the composers!!! (also happy birthday, Shostakovich ^^)

[observinghenrywinter]

"You only listen to ballet music"

[menhera-lad]

classical composer doodles

[dmitryshostakovich1906]

I have a big question about Shostakovich's hair color. Does anyone know what his natural hair color was?

Credits;@DSCHJournal Instagram

painting of a young Shostakovich 1935.

[victorian-wizard]

In honour of what would have been Shostakovich’s 117th birthday, I have coloured this previously black and white picture of Shostakovich.

[bitchalotl]

The vibe great composes give me, based on their symphonies atleast:

Haydn: Clarity! Precision! Restrained emotion! Like a quiet, pale winter morning.

Tchaikovsky: Happy! With a side of grandiose! That crushing optimism of a 12 year old who's not seen the horrors of the world (the sixth is the exception) or of a 40 year old who's seen it all and still holds out hope.

Shostakovich: pain, just pain, lots of pain, and devastation too. Grim dark, pitch black, bottom of the abyss with no light at the end of the tunnel.

Schumann: Happy :) like a warm summer day.

Mozart: pleasant, low energy pleasant, like when you finally finish that irritating project.

Bach: chill but emotive, constant but not overwhelming.

Mahler: Rancid

Beethoven: moodswing 101 and contrast, disgruntled and annoyingly optimistic, edgy and chill, yawnfest and neuron activation.

Dvorak: expressive but in a moderate way, says a lot outloud and leaves some unspoken. Cold grandiosity.

[theswigglycat]

sent this to a group chat despite knowing that no one would respond to it, before realizing that i could post it to tumblr so that no one also could respond to it as i am writing this the 2nd waltz is playing again. may i never be free?

[unoriginaldisaster]

[terrible-shining-eyes]

General consensus (i.e. my friends) once inquired about it is that Shostakovich would in fact be a biter not only in childhood but in adulthood.

[unhonestlymirror]

Lmao, they call Shostakovich "Polish-russian", guess where his roots take place from?

IT'S FUCKING BELARUS.

EVEN HIS SURNAME IS TYPICAL BELARUTHIAN.

Although in łacinka, it would be Šostakovič.

His grandparents from both sides were repressed and deported to Siberia.

Šostakovič also strongly condemned antisemitism. He also admitted that russia was a very unsafe place for Jews.

People say: "Where is your Belaruthian culture" - THERE IT IS.

[maybemeursault]

there needs to be a (bigger?) fandom for The Nose. all my gogolians? all my shostakovich listeners? join forces

[v1n3r1a]

shostakovich - waltz

THATS MY HAND

[lamstrawberryfancy]

Mityusha in drag

I don’t know it anymore actually who draws that!!?!!!?😾😾😾

[aduckwithears]

Everything is meant, vinyl edition

Umm you guys? I was just trying to listen to music (something classical, no more heartbreak songs, but let’s keep it from the GO playlist - Shostakovich it is!) So I pulled up the Symphony # 5 in D Minor... the very record that Aziraphale gets from Maggie’s shop... and was hit by this from Apple Music:

So of course I turned to Wikipedia (not being a classical music expert by any means) and was hit by this:

And either I’ve completely fallen down the rabbit hole (very possible) or this is statement about Aziraphale’s challenges this season. Or maybe his whole existence? What else could it be from the “everything is meant” crew? They could pick literally any classical music here. But more specifically it is literally the Symphony when Shostakovich gives up some of his ideals, goes back, fits in, and makes good (for a while) in the Soviet Union. Gosh, sound familiar???

Anyway this was all in my brain so now it can be in yours too. I’m still going to go listen to the music. 

[retropinkminstrel]

Or: “taking everything to heart - is a dog’s life (?).

[cosmonautroger]

Dmitri Shostakovitch