This book looks at the personality of Dmitri Shostakovich, one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, from an unusual angle - Shostakovich was an avid football fan from an early age until the last days of his life. The author aimed to depict a panorama of the football and sports events and facts in the composer's biography against the broad sociocultural background of Soviet life in the 1920s-1970s. The manuscript is abundantly illustrated with rare photographs, and many archive document...

• SHOSTAKOVICH'S SPORTS ROLE
• A Professional Fan
• His Favourite Stadium
• Maxim Shostakovich: Football was a Real Saving Grace for My Father
• FOOTBALL IN SHOSTAKOVICH'S MUSIC
• Shostakovich's "Football" Ballet
• Football for Comrade Beria
• FOOTBAL IN SHOSTAKOVICH'S FOOTBALL ARTICLES
• Krasny Sport
• Vechernyaya Moskva
• Izvestia
• A MASTER OF FOOTBALL STATISTICS
• Shostakovich's GroBbuch
• Football Entries in Shostakovich's Diary
• FOOTBALL FRIENDS
• Shostakovich's Umbrella -...