Works
Choral Compositions
Anthem of Moscow for Choir and Piano
Opus SO
1948 year
first publication:
DSCH Publishers, Moscow, 2017
manuscripts:
RSALA, rec. gr. 2048, inv. 1, f. 40
Anthem of Moscow
for Choir and Piano
Shostakovich’s surviving anthem manuscripts also include the Anthem of Moscow to words by Ilya Frenkel (1948), written for a poety and music contest. The exact time the contest was held has not been established; only ‘1948’ is given in the author’s manuscript.
No information has been found about performances of this piece.