Subasta Bidspirit | SHOSTAKOVICH & GAGARIN: Dmitri Shostakovich


SHOSTAKOVICH & GAGARIN: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Russian Composer, & Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968)... - SHOSTAKOVICH & GAGARIN: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Russian Composer, & Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) Russian Cosmonaut. First human to travel in space, 1961. Multiple signed T.L., two pages, folio, n.p., n.d. [1965]. Signed by Shostakovich and Gagarin, both in Cyrillic, also signed by Galina Ulanova (1910-1998) Russian Ballerina. Widely considered one of the greatest ballerinas of XXth century; Nikolay Semyonov (1896-1986) Russian Physicist and Chemist. Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1956; Sergei Konenkov (1874-1971) Russian Sculptor. Known as the Russian Rodin, and Sergei Gerassimov (1906-1985) Russian film Director. All have signed in Cyrillic to the second page. The typed letter being a manifesto against the Vietnam war which threatens peace in the world, and against the American troops bombing, napalm use, massacres, and women and children killing. The Soviet artists and scientists make a call to gather representatives of culture all over the world to create the ''Blue Book for Peace''. Over all age wear, mostly to the edges. Staple to the upper left corner. About G £800-1200