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The second waltz

The second waltz
  1. What is the second waltz in?
  2. Who composed the second waltz?
  3. When was the second waltz composed?

What is the second waltz in?

Its popular name is coming from “Suite for Variety Orchestra” (also named Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra); a suite in eight movements, written after 1956 by the Russian composer. The “waltz” is the seventh movement of the suite, and it is the “second” waltz in the work, hence the name “The second waltz”.

Who composed the second waltz?

This passionate music “The Second Waltz” composed by Russian composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovich is a part (the seventh movement) of the Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra – a suite in eight movements for film or ballet which is often mistakenly called Jazz suite number 2 – and in its original version was a ...

When was the second waltz composed?

It was written in 1938 for the newly founded State Jazz Orchestra of Victor Knushevitsky, and was premiered on 28 November 1938 in Moscow (Moscow Radio) by the State Jazz Orchestra.

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