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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4, analysis by Gerard Schwarz (part 1) | Music | Khan Academy

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Watch the full performance here: https://youtu.be/dOvifJUWw_c Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/music/music-masterpieces-old-new/tchaikovsky-4th/v/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky-symphony-no4-analysis-by-gerard-schwarz-part-2?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=music Missed the previous lesson? https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/music/music-masterpieces-old-new/ludwig-van-beethoven-music/v/ludwig-van-beethoven-symphony-no-5-an-appreciation-by-leon-botstein?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=music Music on Khan Academy: Music has sometimes reflected, and at other times challenged repressive ideologies. Dmitri Shostakovich abandoned the premiere of his daring 4th Symphony in 1935 for fear of reprisals from the Soviet government. Then he composed his triumphant 5th Symphony in 1937, and Stalin was pleased. To this day the 5th is Shostakovich's mo

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