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Did Shostakovich steal the catchiest thing he ever wrote...

posted 8 years ago by fontinau
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... - i.e. the opening of his fifth symphony - from the finale of Stravinsky's Apollo? You decide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l87nzxY-yrI&list=PL14C60130BE7035E5&index=3

Also, the mordents that immediately follow the opening of Shostakovich's symphony seem to me clearly derived from the "Pas de deux" from the same ballet - which in turn, as I've said here before, seem to me clearly derived from Léhar's "Wie die Blumen im Lenze erblüh'n" from The Merry Widow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBzXIzL5IL8&list=PLkcjStP9r6wIZfmqWvAUB1SrjJfFom5ol&index=8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKVYURuV0kM&list=PL5YJKMcT6TxdGPp2WICAYuX6s9yCk5zsZ&index=12

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[–] megatosspot 8 years ago

The catchiest thing he ever wrote is in his 8th string qtet.

stfu about fking avatars already.