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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
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Artist: Dmitri Shostakovich
Author: Dmitri Shostakovich
Year: 1955
The Romance (8th piece) from 12 part suite The Gadfly, opus 97a, written for Russian film Ovod.
Covers:
Olympic Orchestra [as (Theme From) Reilly (TV series with Sam Neill, pre Jurassic Park); hit in B, NL & UK]
Shostakovich was bullied all his life by the Communists, who forced him to use his composing talent for pure propaganda reasons. The Gadfly was a swashbuckler set in Austrian occupied Italy in the 1800s, a freedom fighter in league with Robin Hood, stinging the rich and authorities.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)