Poor Dimitri Shostakovich: In The Soviet Union, He Was Condemned As Being Too Radical

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Poor Dimitri Shostakovich: In the Soviet Union, he was condemned as being too
radical; in the West, for being too conservative. He could please no one but
the musical public. He revenged himself on both by writing a short piece
called "March of the Soviet Police."
-- Edward Abbey

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