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The work was premiered on 18 December 1962 at the sold-out Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, despite resistance and intimidation from the political leadership which sought to avoid such an explicit reference to Jewish suffering. The first performance, which was acclaimed by the audience, was mentioned in Pravda the next day with only a brief single sentence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is part of the revised and corrected new edition of all 15 symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich published by Boosey \u0026amp; Hawkes and Sikorski as large format study scores for optimal legibility. 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