Shostakovich: The Golden Age
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- Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
- Format: Piano Reduction
- Instrumentation (this edition): Piano Reduction
- Originally for: Orchestra
- Work: The Golden Age (Золотой век), Op. 22
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- Size: 8.5 x 11.3 inches
- Pages: 232
Description
The Golden Age is in the great Russian tradition of ballet scores, composed in 1927-30 and premiered in what was then Leningrad on October 26, 1930. The publication includes a foreword and plot synopsis in Russian and English. The ballet is a political story about the dangers of fascism, reflective of the time of composition.