Web Directory

» Classical Archives: Dmitri Shostakovich
   Biography, complete files offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists.
   http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/3351.html

» Classical Music Midi Page: Dimitry (Dmitriyevich) Shostakovich
   MIDI excerpts from several works, photograph and subjective mini-biography.
   http://www.classicalmidi.co.uk/shost.htm

» Classical Net: Shostakovich
   Biography, recommended published biographies and scores, CD reviews, list of works and links.
   http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/shostakovich.html

» CollegeTermPapers: Music - Shostakovich
   An essay on his life and works of approximately 1500 words.
   http://www.collegetermpapers.com/TermPapers/Music/Shostokovich.shtml

» DSCH Journal
   Selected articles from the international Shostakovich journal, reviews of CDs, books and films, concert calendar, events and links.
   http://www.dschjournal.com/

» DSCH-L Discussion List
   Electronic mailing list for discussion of Shostakovich and other Russian composers. Access to archives since 1997.
   http://listserv.uh.edu/archives/dsch-l.html

» Dmitri Shostakovich: The Composer And His Work
   Focus on Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony, with extracts in RealAudio and an imagined "screenplay" to be read while listening to the music. Also provides background on the composition, life chronology, photograph and links.
   http://musicinwords.free.fr/dschlife.htm

» Dmitry Shostakovich: A Testament To His Times
   Brief biography, selected works, quotes, recommended recordings and readings, photograph, chronology, related articles, and links from Humanities Web.
   http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=76

» Find A Grave Cemetery Records: Dimitri Shostakovich
   Brief biography, youthful photograph, and pictures of his grave with virtual memorial and cemetery information.
   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=953&pt=Dimitri%20Shostakovich

» G. Schirmer, Inc.: Dmitri Shostakovich
   List of scores available from this music publisher.
   http://www.schirmer.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&composerId_2872=2288

» Internet Movie Database: Dmitri Shostakovich
   Filmography noting films he scored or that use his works plus mini-biography and Oscar nomination.
   http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006291/

» London Shostakovich Orchestra
   Details of performances, recordings and other events regarding this symphonic ensemble, currently embarked on a complete cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies. Includes programme notes and Shostakovich-related articles.
   http://www.shostakovich.com/

» Naxos Composers - Biographies: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
   Biographical sketch, caricature, and summaries of his stage works and his orchestral, choral and vocal, chamber, and piano music with Naxos discography.
   http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/954.htm

» On Classical: Dmitri Shostakovich
   MIDI files of 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87 and transcriptions of this and other contrapuntal works, plus portrait.
   http://www.kunstderfuge.com/shostakovitch.htm

» Onno van Rijen's Shostakovich & Other Soviet Composers Page
   Complete Shostakovich opus list with CD releases, bibliography, pictures and mp3 excerpts from symphonies. Also provides information on more than 130 other Soviet composers.
   http://home.wanadoo.nl/ovar/

» Russian Revelations
   Fan page with brief illustrated introduction, photographs from the 1999 Chicago Shostakovich festival and pictures of the composer.
   http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/Shostakovich1/

» Shostakovich Message Board
   Discussion forum with activity between 1997 and 2003. Also provides a short list of recordings recommended by owner Philipp Rüfenacht.
   http://www.ruefenac.itp.unibe.ch/Shostakovich/

» Shostakovich Myths Debunked
   Controversial site that attacks the authenticity of Testimony and the revisionist interpretation of the composer's life and work.
   http://sites.google.com/site/shostakovichmyths/

» Shostakovichworld
   Yahoo! Groups discussion board. Access to archives since 1998.
   http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/shostakovichworld/

» The Dimitri Shostakovich Mp3 Page on Classic Cat
   Directory of mp3s that have been made available by their performing artists.
   http://www.classiccat.net/shostakovich_d/index.htm

» The Guardian: A Raspberry To Stalin
   Article focusing on an English-language version of Cheryomushki by Opera North.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2001/may/02/artsfeatures1/print

» The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Dmitri Shostakovich
   Lyrics to individual vocal works and cycles. Includes Cyrillic and transliterated Russian plus selected translations.
   http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/s/shostakovich.html

» The Shostakovich Opus 87 Page
   The complete Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues in MIDI format.
   http://www.unicamp.br/~jmarques/mus/opus87/

» Wikipedia: Dmitri Shostakovich
   Encyclopedia entry discussing the composer's life and works, and the political controversies surrounding him, plus links to audio files.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich

» mfiles: Dmitri Shostakovich - An Overview Of The Classical Composer
   Biography, list of major works and two photographs.
   http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/dmitri-shostakovich.htm