Dmitri Dmitrivich Shostakovich

St. Petersburg, September 25, 1906 - Moscow, August 9, 1975

Even if DDS wasn't this century's greatest composer, he surely was one of the greatest and certainly the most versatile.

• Rob Ainsley , editor of Classic CD .
• Simon Hawkin
• DSCH Journal
• Onno van Rijen with a complete list of DDS' works.
• Tony Palmer's film Testimony (1988) .
• There is a newsgroup: alt.fan.shostakovich
  The only one for a composer of classical music.

  Any Questions: alt.fan.shostakovich FAQ

  A discography: The Shostakovich Recording Register - Maintained by Richard Muirden.