Shostakovich is born in St Petersburg on September 25 to Dmitrij Boleslavovich Shostakovich (1875-1922), a government inspector of weights and measures, and his wife Sofja Vasilevna (1878-1955 ...

He tells the extraordinary story of Shostakovich's 7th Symphony ... to early notation and how music was first written down. Harmony, intervals, triads and cadences. videoHarmony, intervals ...