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Marigold
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:23 pm Post subject: Shostakovich's 8th Symphony-just as relevant today

Shostakovich's 8th Symphony by Mravinsky, mov. 3 The composer's vivid and powerful musical portrayal of the evils of Stalinism serves the conscious listener very well in respect to the seriousness of what's happening in the world today. I'll let the music do the talking... Link _________________ "The likelihood of one individual being right increases in direct proportion to the intensity to which others are trying to prove him[her] wrong." - - Harry Segall "The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves." Lenin 1917

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