Dmitri Schostakowitsch

Pieces for 1 or 2 Violins and Piano

Edited by the famed Soviet-era teacher and violinist, Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fortunatov, this collection of nine works works for violin and piano and three works for two violins and piano have been arranged from various works by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). For violin and piano: 1. Little March (from Children's Notebook for Piano), 2. Street Organ (from the Ballet Limpid Stream), 3. Mechanical Doll (from Children's Notebook for Piano), 4. Dance (from The Ballet Limpid Stream), 5. Elegy (from Incidental Music to the Human Comedy), 6. Autumnal Valse (from The Michurin), 7. Romance in D Major (from The Ballet Limpid Stream), 8. Romance in C Major (from The Gadfly), and 9. Prelude, Op. 34, No. 24 (from 24 Preludes for piano). The violin duets with piano include: 1. Prelude, 2. Gavotte, and 3. Valse.