Festive Overture
by Dmitri Shostakovich
Concert Band - Sheet Music

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Ensembles
Concert Band
Genres
20th Century
Composers
Dmitri Shostakovich
Publishers
De Haske Publications
Formats
Set of Parts
Score and Parts
Item Types
Physical
Levels
Grade 4
Usages
School and Community
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 4

SKU: BT.DHP-0960795-010

Composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. The Great Classics. Opening Pieces. Set (Score & Parts). Composed 1996. 10 pages. De Haske Publications #DHP 0960795-010. Published by De Haske Publications (BT.DHP-0960795-010).

9x12 inches.

Festive Overture was composed in 1954 to commemorate the 37th birthday of the October Revolution of 1917. With this overture Shostakovich shows his brighter side, in contrast to his melancholy 10th symphony written in the previous year. The premiere of this piece took place on November 6, 1954 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Shostakovich makes great use of different themes which he alternates and intermingles in a masterly way. This skilful transcription by Tohru Takahashi retains all the grandeur of the original.