![SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitry (1906-1975). Two autograph music manuscripts signed (in Cyrillic 'D. Shostakovich') comprising the piano score and the orchestral full score of 'Intervision', his fanfare for Soviet Television, n.d. [1971], both inscribed at head in Russian 'Piece written for Soviet Intervision', the former marked 'Moderato', the latter 'Moderato maestoso', the piano score six bars on two systems of two staves on one leaf, 4to (298 x 220mm), the orchestral score six bars on one system of 22 staves on one leaf, 4to (360 x 262mm), bifolium; the verso of the piano score is the autograph title page for the piano score of Shostakovich's Symphony no.14 (op. 135), inscribed in Russian 'Dimitri Shostakovitch op.135 For soprano, bass and string orchestra Words Federico Garcia Lorca, Guillaume Appollinaire, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Rainer Maria Rilke Klavier'; (slight staining to upper and lower margins of all three leaves; some wear to edges). Provenance: given by Shos](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2005/CKS/2005_CKS_07098_0066_000(111531).jpg?w=1)
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SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitry (1906-1975). Two autograph music manuscripts signed (in Cyrillic 'D. Shostakovich') comprising the piano score and the orchestral full score of 'Intervision', his fanfare for Soviet Television, n.d. [1971], both inscribed at head in Russian 'Piece written for Soviet Intervision', the former marked 'Moderato', the latter 'Moderato maestoso', the piano score six bars on two systems of two staves on one leaf, 4to (298 x 220mm), the orchestral score six bars on one system of 22 staves on one leaf, 4to (360 x 262mm), bifolium; the verso of the piano score is the autograph title page for the piano score of Shostakovich's Symphony no.14 (op. 135), inscribed in Russian 'Dimitri Shostakovitch op.135 For soprano, bass and string orchestra Words Federico Garcia Lorca, Guillaume Appollinaire, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Rainer Maria Rilke Klavier'; (slight staining to upper and lower margins of all three leaves; some wear to edges). Provenance: given by Shostakovich to the Armenian composer Boris Parsadanian; and by descent.
Shostakovitch's brief fanfare was one of his best known compositions within the Soviet Union, as it prefaced all directly broadcast transmissions of foreign news items on state television from March 1971 until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990.
Shostakovitch's brief fanfare was one of his best known compositions within the Soviet Union, as it prefaced all directly broadcast transmissions of foreign news items on state television from March 1971 until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990.
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