Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83 for Brass Quintet Delivery:Both There are 22 major excerpts

There are 22 major excerpts from the four Operas for Bass Trumpet (part supplied for original keys and transposed version in C or may be played by a Tenor Trombone)

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This three minute work is for advanced performers and is perfect for weddings

You will be thrilled with the sound of these songs for Trumpet and Piano

and refers to the relationships between the movements

Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83 for Brass Quintet Delivery:Both There are 22 major excerptsString Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83 was composed in 1949 and premiered in Moscow in 1953, dedicated to the artist Pyotr Vilyams. Paul Erion, Tubist of the Philadelphia Opera has scored this major work of about 25 minutes in length for Brass Quintet. The four movements have a variety of moods much in keeping with much of his music: passion, irony, loneliness, seriousness and even some Jewish Klezmir music. This work is for virtuoso performers,