Armer Columbus
Overture and Finale from the Opera
by Dmitri Shostakovich
Concert Band - Sheet Music

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Ensembles
Concert Band
Genres
20th Century
Opera
Composers
Dmitri Shostakovich
Publishers
Baton Music
Formats
Set of Parts
Score and Parts
Item Types
Physical
Levels
Grade 4
Usages
School and Community
Concert band concert band - Grade 4

SKU: BF.BM454-SET

Overture and Finale from the Opera. Composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. Arranged by Jacques Claessens. Baton Music orchestral series. Overture and Finale from the Opera. Full Score and set of parts. Duration 10:00. Baton Music #BM454-SET. Published by Baton Music (BF.BM454-SET).

As a contribution to the opera 'Armer Columbus' by German composer Erwin Dressel, Shostakovich composed two of his quirkiest and oddest early orchestral pieces. An energetic 'Entr'acte' in c minor (Allegretto poco moderato), also known as the Overture (although it appears before the sixth scene of the opera) followed by a hilariously noisy 'Finale' (Moderato - Andantino - Allegro) with mock American dance-music, a parade of American sailors (presumably on ships in New York harbour). Shostakovich's contributions were intended to overcome a couple of dramatic weaknesses in Dressel's score and to underline more strongly the Communist politics of this idea.