In the last movement of a piece by this composer, the violins play shrill high A’s that are likened to “forced rejoicing” by the book Testimony. (10[2])This composer’s tumultuous eighth string quartet may have been written (10[1])as a suicide note (10[1])and was dedicated to the “victims of fascism and the war.” The D·S·C·H (10[1])motif represents this composer, whose fifth symphony was written as a “creative response to justified criticism” from the newspaper Pravda. (10[1])This composer, who was denounced for his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, used an “invasion theme” in his seventh symphony to depict a Nazi siege. For 10 points, name this Soviet composer of the Leningrad Symphony. ■END■