Seven Dolls’ Dances: Lyrical Waltz

Composer: SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri
  • Shostakovich’s Sem′ tantsï kukol (Seven Dolls’ Dances, or Dances of the Dolls) is a 1952 suite extracted from his ballet suites.1
  • This suite was originally arranged as a set of easy piano pieces.2
  • Shostakovich’s five ballet suites were in turn extracted from his film scores, incidental music, and ballets. This particular movement comes from his Ballet Suite no. 2 (1951).3

Sources

  1.  Laurel Fay and David Fanning, “Shostakovich, Dmitry,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 29, 2020,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000052560. 
  2.  James Leonard, “Dmitry Shostakovich, Dances of the Dolls (7), suite for piano (arr. from the ballet suites for orchestra), AllMusic, accessed January 29, 2020, https://www.allmusic.com/composition/dances-of-the-dolls-7-suite-for-piano-arr-from-the-ballet-suites-for-orchestra-mc0002376175. 
  3. Ibid.

Cut IDs

15670