Dmitri Shostakovich

Dances of the Dolls

c. 1950

Total duration: 9' 30"

1. Lyrical Waltz
2. Gavotte
3. Romance
4. Polka
5. Waltz-Scherzo
6. Hurdy-Gurdy
7. Dance

This is a collection of arrangements of extracts from stage works by Shostakovich. The arrangements were probably not made by Shostakovich himself, but by Levon Atovmian.

Recommended editions

New Collected Works (DSCH Publishers) · Volume 109 · ed. Victor Ekimovsky

1. Lyrical Waltz

This is an arrangement of an extract from the ballet The Limpid Stream (op. 39).

Duration: 1' 30"

Difficulty: 2

2. Gavotte

This is an arrangement of an extract from the incidental music to the play The Human Comedy (op. 37).

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 1.5

3. Romance

This is an arrangement of an extract from the ballet The Limpid Stream (op. 39).

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 1.5

4. Polka

This is an arrangement of an extract from the ballet The Limpid Stream (op. 39).

Duration: 1' 30"

Difficulty: 2

5. Waltz-Scherzo

This is an arrangement of an extract from the ballet The Limpid Stream (op. 39), which was also used in the ballet The Bolt (op. 27).

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 1.5

6. Hurdy-Gurdy

This is an arrangement of an extract from the ballet The Limpid Stream (op. 39).

Duration: 0' 30"

Difficulty: 1.5

7. Dance

This is an arrangement of an extract from the ballet The Limpid Stream (op. 39), which was also used in the ballet The Bolt (op. 27) and as part of the second dance from the Suite for Variety Orchestra.

Duration: 0' 30"

Difficulty: 1.5