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Veniamin Iosifovich Fleishman, (, July 20, 1913 in
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– September 14, 1941 in
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) was a Soviet composer.


''Rothschild's Violin''

While studying under
Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer. Shostak ...
at the
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(1939–1941), he began a one-act opera '' Rothschild's Violin'' based on
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's short story of the same name about Bronza, a Russian country coffin-maker and violinist, and his combative relationship with the Jewish musicians in his village. At the outbreak of
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, Fleishman volunteered for the front and was killed before he could complete the work. In memory of his talented student, Shostakovich rescued the manuscript from besieged Leningrad, finished it and orchestrated it in 1943–1944. Shostakovich dated his completion of the score February 5, 1944. Later, he exerted influence so that the opera should be published and performed. The opera's world premiere concert performance took place on June 20, 1960, at the USSR
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, Moscow, with the soloists and members of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. The opera was first staged in April 1968,
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, at the Experimental Studio of Chamber Opera. The artistic director was
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, and the conductor Yuri Kochnev.Volkov, Solomon. "Letter from Solomon Volkov." ''
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'', New Series 207 (December 1998): 55.


Recordings

*Veniamin Fleishman: '' Rothschild's Violin'' with
Sergei Leiferkus Sergei Leiferkus (born 4 April 1946) is an operatic baritone from Russia, known for his dramatic technique and powerful voice particularly in Russian and Italian language repertoire. He is most notable for his roles as Scarpia in ''Tosca'', Iag ...
, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Ilya Levinsky, Marina Shaguch,
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Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky, CBE (; 4 May 1931 – 16 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, pianist, composer, and pedagogue. Biography Gennady Rozhdestvensky was born in Moscow. His parents were the noted conductor and pedagogu ...
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''Rothschild's Violin''
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"My Shostakovich"
by Dmitri N. Smirnov {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleishman, Veniamin 1913 births 1941 deaths People from Bezhetsk People from Bezhetsky Uyezd Russian Jews Jewish classical composers Russian male opera composers Jewish opera composers Soviet opera composers Soviet Jews in the military Soviet military personnel killed in World War II