Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)
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[[Janet Sobel]]'s painting "Music" was inspired by the symphony. She told [[Sidney Janis]] that the painting was her impression of the music that Shostakovich created in wartime: "Shostakovich has captured the power of the Russian people and by his music has given them strength. His music has so stimulated me, and I have tried to present these feelings in my picture."{{Cite journal |last=Levin |first=Gail |year=2005 |title=Janet Sobel: Primitivist, Surrealist, and Abstract Expressionist |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3566528 |journal=Woman's Art Journal |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=8–14 |doi=10.2307/3566528|jstor=3566528 |url-access=subscription }} |
[[Janet Sobel]]'s painting "Music" was inspired by the symphony. She told [[Sidney Janis]] that the painting was her impression of the music that Shostakovich created in wartime: "Shostakovich has captured the power of the Russian people and by his music has given them strength. His music has so stimulated me, and I have tried to present these feelings in my picture."{{Cite journal |last=Levin |first=Gail |year=2005 |title=Janet Sobel: Primitivist, Surrealist, and Abstract Expressionist |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3566528 |journal=Woman's Art Journal |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=8–14 |doi=10.2307/3566528|jstor=3566528 |url-access=subscription }} |
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In the [[Ken Russell]] film ''[[Billion Dollar Brain]]'' (1967), music from the Leningrad Symphony accompanies the failed military invasion of the then [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic]] by Texas millionaire Midwinter (a pivotal scene reflecting the [[Battle of the Neva]] from ''[[Aleksandr Nevsky (film)|Aleksandr Nevsky]])''. Incidentally, earlier on, [[Michael Caine]] as [[Harry Palmer]] attends the end of a concert of what is claimed to be the ''Leningrad'' Symphony, whereas in fact the finale from Shostakovich's [[Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich)|Eleventh Symphony]] is heard. |
In the [[Ken Russell]] film ''[[Billion Dollar Brain]]'' (1967), music from the Leningrad Symphony accompanies the failed military invasion of the then [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic]] by Texas millionaire Midwinter (a pivotal scene reflecting the [[Battle of the Neva]] from ''[[Aleksandr Nevsky (film)|Aleksandr Nevsky]])''. Incidentally, earlier on, [[Michael Caine]] as [[Harry Palmer]] attends the end of a concert of what is claimed to be the ''Leningrad'' Symphony, whereas in fact the finale from Shostakovich's [[Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich)|Eleventh Symphony]] is heard. Coincidently, Shostakovich's 7th was quoted extensively in [[Bill Conti]]'s score for [[John Huston]]'s 1981 film, [[Escape to Victory]] which also stars Micheal Caine.https://escapetovictory.spodrum.co.uk/movie/soundtrack/ |
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American rock band [[Fall Out Boy]] also used elements of Symphony No. 7 in their song "[[The Phoenix (Fall Out Boy song)|The Phoenix]]" from their 2013 album ''[[Save Rock and Roll]]''. The same sample had been used by the German hip hop artist [[Peter Fox (musician)|Peter Fox]] in his song "Alles neu" in 2008, and by [[Plan B (musician)|Plan B]] in [[Ill Manors (song)|"Ill Manors"]] in 2012. |
American rock band [[Fall Out Boy]] also used elements of Symphony No. 7 in their song "[[The Phoenix (Fall Out Boy song)|The Phoenix]]" from their 2013 album ''[[Save Rock and Roll]]''. The same sample had been used by the German hip hop artist [[Peter Fox (musician)|Peter Fox]] in his song "Alles neu" in 2008, and by [[Plan B (musician)|Plan B]] in [[Ill Manors (song)|"Ill Manors"]] in 2012. |
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