Polish Dance Mikhail Glinka / Arr. John R. Bourgeois

Kategorie / Categorie: Concert Band Concert Band Grade 4 & Up
Besetzung / Instrumentation: Concert Band
Verlag / Publication: Wingert-Jones Publications
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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.