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Why is Dmitri Shostakovich’s music so hard to find in the US?

Question by Xyjiryo: Why is Shostakovich’s music so hard to find in the USA?
It’s strangely hard to find purchasable music by him in the USA. Why is this?

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Answer by Andrew Bonner
I don’t have an expert answer, but I’m guessing it has to do with a little thing called the Cold War. But a lot of his more popular works are possible to find:

http://goo.gl/ZZDU4v

If you’re interested in some of his harder-to-find orchestral scores, you may be able to rent them: http://goo.gl/d1H5PX

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  1. del_icious_manager says

    The reason is that, because Shostakovich’s music is still in copyright, only instrumental and chamber music is available for purchase. Orchestral music (in common with ALL copyrighted orchestral music) is available only for rental.

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