The song "The Japs Enter the Village" is a piece of music from the Seventh Symphony.

In 1941, Hitler's fascist army invaded the Soviet Union (Soviet Union) at lightning speed. In just five months, it surrounded Leningrad and pushed towards Moscow.

For hundreds of days during the siege of Leningrad, the city was bombarded with large amounts of artillery shells every day. The entire people of Leningrad mobilized to fight the fascists in a life-and-death bloody battle.

In that period of extreme hardship, hardship and danger, the great Russian composer Shostakovich, in order to express this period in music and to praise the people's tenacious struggle and winning spirit, performed a very special In a difficult state, he began to compose this musical poem that is destined to be immortal.

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This symphony, which embodies the people’s belief in victory and the fight against fascism, has received great repercussions around the world. At that time, many famous conductors hoped to get the right to conduct the American premiere. After NBC weighed in, this honor was given to conductor Toscanini.

A grand premiere was held in New York on July 19, 1942. The concert was then broadcast by thousands of radio stations around the world. From then on, the world saw the Soviet people's tenacious fighting spirit and strong perseverance in fighting fascism through this great musical work.

On August 9, 1942, the Seventh Symphony was premiered by the Leningrad Radio Orchestra under the baton of Karl Ilyasberg in Leningrad, which was besieged by the German army. The earth inspired the morale of Soviet soldiers and civilians.

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