Dmitri Shostakovich composed his Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112, subtitled The Year of 1917, in 1961, dedicating it to the memory of Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, as he did for his Symphony No. 2. The symphony was premiered that October by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Yevgeny Mravinsky. This was also the last Shostakovich symphony which Mravinsky premiered; his refusal to give the first performance of the Thirteenth Symphony, Babi Yar, caused a permanent strain in their working relationship.
| Date of composition | 1961 |
| Premiered | 1961, October 1st in Russia, Saint Petersburg |
| Type | Symphony |
| Tonality | D Minor |
| Catalogue | Op. 112 |
| Approx. duration | 40 minutes |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Dmitri Chostakovitch: Symphonie n°12 en ré mineur, Op. 112 "The Year 1917" Dmitrij Šostakovič: Sinfonia n. 12 in re minore, Op. 112 "The Year 1917" Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Sinfonie Nr. 12 d-moll, Op. 112 "The Year 1917" |