• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Loyalty, Op. 136 (1970)

  • G Schirmer Inc (USA, Canada and Mexico only)
    Le Chant Du Monde (France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries)

G Schirmer is the publisher of the work in the USA, Canada and Mexico only. Le Chant du Monde is the publisher of the work in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries.

  • unaccompanied male chorus
  • 25 min

Programme Note

Eight ballads for unaccompanied male chorus
Text by Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky

Dedicated to Gustav Gustavovich Ernesaks

1. As From Time Immemorial [Kak v nesapamyatnom godu] (Moderato)
2. The People Believed in a Flame [Lyudi verili v plamya] (Allegretto)
3. The Great Name [Velikoe imya] (Allegretto)
4. The Banner of the Revolution [Revoluyutsii snamya] (Allegretto)
5. The Difficult Search for Beauty [Trudny poisk krassoty] (Allegro non troppo)
6. I Wish to Learn Everything About Him [Ya vsyo o nyom khochu usnat] (Adagio)
7. This is How the People Were [Tak vot kakie lyudi byli] (Andante)
8. On Meetings of the Young Generations [Na vstrechakh yunykh pokoleniy] (Allegretto)