Ilya Alekseevich Shatrov (1879-1952): На сопках Маньчжурии / On The Hills Of Manchuria
Arranged for mandolins by Evelyn Tiffany-Castilgioni.
This popular Russian waltz was written in 1906 to commemorate the Battle of Mukden in the Russo-Japanese War, in which the composer fought. Lyrics were added later by Stepan Skitalets, and the waltz became very popular as an orchestral piece and later a folk tune. There are lots of recorded examples on Youtube, in a vast variety of styles and tempi (slow dirge to fast Viennese waltz). Peter Ostroushko recorded a very nice mandolin version.
The original key was E-flat minor, but my mandolin version is in G minor, using parts of a mandolin quartet arrangement by Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni, from her "Big Book For Mandolins for the Year 2015", available from Amazon (NFI). I am using her second mandolin part and chord progression.
Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin (x2)
Vintage Viaten tenor guitar.
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