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Children's Notebook, Op. 69 is a set of seven piano solo pieces composed by Dmitri Shostakovich
in 1944-1945. The selections were chosen from the pieces written by the composer to his daughter Galina Shostakovich for her study on piano. Only six of them were published under the title originally. The seventh piece, "Birthday", written for the daughter's ninth birthday in 1945, was later appended to the collection.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
in 1944-1945. The selections were chosen from the pieces written by the composer to his daughter Galina Shostakovich for her study on piano. Only six of them were published under the title originally. The seventh piece, "Birthday", written for the daughter's ninth birthday in 1945, was later appended to the collection.