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\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_premi%C3%A8re_of_Shostakovich%27s_Symphony_No._7
\n\nThe Leningrad premi\u00e8re of Shostakovich\u2019s Symphony No. 7 occurred on 9 August 1942 during the Second World War, while the city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) was under siege by Nazi German forces.
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\n\n\n\nI wouldn\u2019t defend Mother Russia with any other soundtrack.
But it feels like composers don\u2019t really follow through. Where are the symphonies that require three armoured divisions preceded by airstrikes?
Lieutenant-General Govorov ordered a bombardment of German artillery positions in advance of the concert in a special operation, code-named \u201cSquall\u201d.[19] Soviet intelligence personnel had located the German batteries and observation posts a few weeks before, in preparation for the attack.[14] Three thousand high-caliber shells were lobbed onto the enemy.[31] The purpose of the operation was to prevent the Germans from targeting the concert hall and to ensure that it would be quiet enough to hear the music over speakers he ordered to be set up. He also encouraged Soviet soldiers to listen to the concert via radio.[32] Musicologist Andrei Krukov later praised Govorov\u2019s actions as providing the \u201cincentive\u201d for the concert, adding that his choice to allow soldiers to participate was \u201ca quite exceptional decision\u201d.[33] Govorov himself later remarked to Eliasberg that \u201cwe played our instrument in the symphony, too, you know,\u201d in reference to the artillery fire.[11] The military contribution to the affair was not widely known until well after the war ended.