Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-75): Suite for Variety Orchestra - Waltz No. 2
This is an adaptation of this famous Shostakovich waltz for mandolin quartet (two mandolins, octave mandolin, mandocello), with the melody shared around between the two mandolins and the octave mandolin. The arrangement is based on a version for saxophone quartet that I found at Musescore:
https://musescore.com/pcarmich/secon...jazz-orchestra
I attach the parts I used, changed to concert pitch and suitable clefs but otherwise exactly how they appear in the Musescore file. The key is D Minor, rather than the original C Minor (which makes it much easier on mandolin).
Shostakovich adapted the tune from a waltz he wrote for the soundtrack of the 1955 Soviet movie "The First Echelon", so I've used screenshots from that movie to go with the music.
1890s Umberto Ceccherini mandolin
Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin
Mid-Missouri M-111 octave mandolin
Suzuki MC-815 mandocello
Martin
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