Fifty years ago today, on August 9, 1975 (July 3, 1975 in the lunar calendar), Soviet composer Shostakovich passed away. Shostakovich (September 25, 1906-August 9, 1975) was a Soviet composer. Family of biochemical engineers. From 1916 to 1919, he attended Griassel Music Primary School and began composing music. From 1919 to 1925, he studied piano and composition at the Petersburg Conservatory of Music. During this period, he became interested in the music of modern writers such as Stravinsky and Schoenberg, and his creations also tended to the modern trend. Graduated from piano and composition in 1923 and 1925. He became famous for his performance of his graduation work "The First Symphony". In 1927, he won the honorary prize at the Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Since then, he has devoted himself to creation. From the 1920s to the late 1930s, he wrote a large number of works of different genres and contents. The Seventh Symphony, written shortly after the beginning of the Patriotic War, expressed the struggle between the Soviet people and fascism with a strong opposing musical image, and aroused strong repercussions at home and abroad. He once used conventional artistic means to express new themes of revolution and construction. The music was bright and fresh, and was generally praised. In 1957 and 1962, controversy arose over the publication of the Tenth Symphony and the Thirteenth Symphony. Joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1960. From 1960 to 1968, he served as the first secretary of the Council of The Russian Federation Composers Association. He served as a representative of the 6th to 9th Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Received a doctorate in art science in 1965. He is an important representative figure in the Soviet music industry and one of the most outstanding composers in the contemporary world. A total of about 150 works were created, and representative works include: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad), Symphony No. 10, Symphony No. 11th, Symphony No. 1905, Symphony No. 13, oratorio "Song of the Forest", Kantata "The Sun Shines on Our Motherland", cappella chorus "Ten Poems", vocal repertoire "Selected Jewish Folk Poetry", opera "Katerina Izmailova"(ie "Lady Macbeth of Mchensk County"), orchestral "Festival Overture", operetta "Plum Flower Village in Moscow", piano quintet and a large amount of film music.