Russian National Anthem for Brass Quintet (MFAO World National Anthem Series)
by Keith Terrett
Brass Quintet - Digital Sheet Music

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SKU: A0.746939

Composed by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Patriotic,Romantic Period,World. 10 pages. Keith Terrett #5012465. Published by Keith Terrett (A0.746939).

The Russian Federation National Anthem arranged for Classical Brass Quintet. There are versions for String Orchestra & Symphony Orchestra in store.

The music of the national anthem, created by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, had been used in several hymns and compositions before its use in the Russian anthem. The first time the music was used was in the Hymn of the Bolshevik Party, created in 1938. When the Comintern was dissolved in 1943 it was felt that the Internationale, which was historically intimately associated with the Comintern, should be replaced as the National Anthem of the Soviet Union. Alexandrov’s music was chosen for that purpose in 1944 by the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Before Alexandrov created the Bolshevik hymn, he first used pieces of the music in the song Zhit’ stalo luchshe (It has become better to live).

During the 2000 anthem debate, it was discussed in the newspaper Lenta.ru that the music Alexandrov created for the Soviet hymn was similar to Vasily Kalinnikov’s 1892 overture Bylina. The supporters of the Soviet anthem used this fact in the various debates that took place in the Duma about the anthem change. There is no evidence that Alexandrov deliberately borrowed or used parts of Bylina in his composition.

All my anthem arrangements are also available for Orchestra, Recorders, Saxophones, Wind, Brass and Flexible band. If you need an anthem urgently for an instrumentation not in my store, let me know via e-mail, and I will arrange it for you FOC if possible! keithterrett@gmail.com

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