Here’s a hint: A masterpiece from long before Stanley Kubrick.

Here’s a hint: A masterpiece from long before Stanley Kubrick.

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: a traditional wedding color…

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: a traditional wedding color…

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: let’s hope for a riot-less wedding!

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: let’s hope for a riot-less wedding!

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: think fjords…

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: think fjords…

This composer managed to escape the serious government attacks that had endangered the careers and perhaps even the lives of several of his peers. His distance from the more extreme forms of modernism made him less troublesome to the authorities, as did his passionate support for socially pragmatic music.

This composer managed to escape the serious government attacks that had endangered the careers and perhaps even the lives of several of his peers. His distance from the more extreme forms of modernism made him less troublesome to the authorities, as did his passionate support for socially pragmatic music.