Russian Sailors' Dance (arr Moon)

Reinhold Glière

Reinhold Glière (arr. Chuck Moon)

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General Info

Year: 1927 /
Duration: c. 3:35
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

The ballet The Red Poppy was written in 1927 (revised 1949). It deals with an uprising on board Chinese ship and the successful intervention of Russian sailors. The Russian Sailors Dance is the best-known excerpt from the ballet, and is founded on the popular Russian folk tune title Yablochka (little apple). The dance takes the form of a series of variations on this striking song. Interestingly enough, this folk tune was used both as a revolutionary and counter-revolutionary song throughout Russian history.

-Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Commercial Discography

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State Ratings

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Performances

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• Carrollton (Tex.) Wind Symphony (Jim McDaniel, conductor) - 21 December 2018 (2018 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Concerto for Harp (1938)
• Concerto for Horn
• Overture Solennelle (arr. Grechesky) (1937)
• Prelude for Band (arr Gardner)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (arr. Balent) (1927/1997)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (arr. Curnow) (1927/1989)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (tr. Hampton) (1927)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (arr. Foster, Jr.) (1927)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (arr. Isaac) (1927/1956)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (arr. Johnson) (1927/1969)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (arr. Kinyon) (1927)
• Russian Sailors' Dance arr. Lavender) (1927/2004)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (tr. Leidzen) (1927/1937)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (arr. Longfield) (1927/1996)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (arr. Moon) (1927/)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (arr. Story) (1927/1995)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (arr. Tatgenhorst) (1927/1977)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (arr. Vinson) (1927/2003)
• Russian Sailors' Dance (arr. Williams) (1927/1998)
• Scene and Triumphal Dance of the Coolies
• Symphony No. 3 (arr Bainum)
• Variations on "Russian Sailor's Dance" (ar Bobrowitz)

Resources

• Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 235.