Includes bibliography, pictures and some MIDI samples of the Preludes and Fugues, as well as texts from symphonies thirteen and fourteen.

Directory of mp3s on the internet that have been made available by their performing artists.

Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Complete files offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists.

Find A Grave listing with biographical material, youthful photograph, and pictures of his grave with virtual memorial and related cemetery information.

Biography, photograph, links, and audio files from Classical Music MIDI Page.

Lists: links, opus numbers, bibliography, first performances.

Listing at the Lied and Art Songs Text Page with lyrics to individual vocal works and cycles. Includes Cyrillic and transliterated Russian plus selected translations.

Filmography noting films he scored or which used his works plus biographical material and award nominations.

List of works.

Selected discography and message area.

Many links on a variety of Shostakovich topics.

Classical Music Pages biographical essay from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music with photograph, examination of style, and links.

Biographical sketch, caricature, and summaries of his stage works and his orchestral, choral and vocal, chamber, and piano music with recommended Naxos recordings.

Brief biography, selected works, quotes, recommended recordings and readings, photograph, chronology, related articles, and links from Humanities Web.

Includes extracts from the journal, classifieds and quiz.

List of Preludes and Fugues op.87, with MIDI files and transcriptions, and other contrapuntal works, from 'KunstderFuge.com.'

Discography and bibliography.

Details of performances, recordings and other events regarding this symphonic ensemble, currently embarked on a complete cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies. Plus programme notes and Shostakovich-related articles.

Biography and soundtrack and concert reviews.

Literary text illustrating Shostakovitch's 8th Symphony, to be read while listening to the music. Includes life chronology and background on the composition.

Fan page with brief illustrated introduction.

Recommended biographies and scores, CD reviews, list of works and links from Classical Net.

Onno van Rijen's site covering Shostakovich and other Soviet composers, with a complete opus list.

Brief account of the composer's works from Paul James' Modern Music Review.

An account of his life and works from CollegeTermPapers.com.

Includes a general introduction and a discussion of the Testimony issue.

Attacking the Testimony version of his life.

Biography, photographs, recommended recordings, books, scores, articles, works lists, and solicitation for suggestions.

Biography noting studies and influences, political struggles, and evolution of style under Soviet Communism with works list from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.

An informative site that discusses some of the major themes in Shostakovich's music, and how they relate to the political situation at the time they were composed.

Extensive source of information, with a particular focus on the Testimony issue.

Article focusing on an English-language version of Cheryomushki by Opera North.

The complete twenty-four Preludes and Fugues in MIDI format.

Article discussing the composer's life and works, plus the political controversies surrounding him.