Russian Sailors' Dance (arr Williams)
Reinhold Glière (arr. Mark Williams)
Subtitle: From The Red Poppy
General Info
Year: 1927 / 1998
Duration: c. 1:35
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $49.00; (digital) - $49.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
Errata
None discovered thus far.
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
Media
State Ratings
- Georgia: II
- Louisiana: I
- Maryland: II
- New York: Concert Band II
- Texas: I. Complete
- Virginia: III
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Liberty-Eylau Middle School (Texarkana, Tx.) Varsity Band (Brandon Martindale, conductor) – 7 Aril 2017
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Russian Sailor's Dance (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Susi) (1927/2021)
All Wind Works
- 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 Sailor's Dance (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Susi) (1927/2021)
- 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. 1 (arr. Sneden) (1900/2021)
- Symphony No. 3 (arr. Bainum) (1908-1911/)
- Variations on "Russian Sailor's Dance" (arr. Bobrowitz)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 235.