Michail Glinka
Polish Dance
Michail Glinka
Polish Dance
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Michail Glinka
- Editor John R. Bourgeois
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Wingert-Jones Publications
- Order no. WJP-3015391
Description:
Taken from the patriotic-heroic opera "A Life for the Tsar," in which Glinka presents a tableau of four Polish dances. One dance is the Krakoviak, a fast, syncopated imitation of horses. Well-loved in the Krakow region for military as well as civilian use, the horses steps are mimicked by a large on-stage band. This fiery dance is an important part of this popular piece of the Russian operatic repertory.