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      • Dmitri Shostakovich

      • Children's Notebook, Op. 69 (1945)

      • 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.

      • pf
      • 7 min

      Programme Note

      Seven pieces for piano

      This little collection of Shostakovich’s children’s pieces was written for his 8-year-old daughter Galina, who was learning the piano. Galina herself has publicly recalled, and with the laughter of memory, how she found herself unable to play these charming pieces at a school concert and her father had to get on to the platform and play them himself. The composer later recorded them.

      Note by Gerard McBurney

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      1. March (Tempo di marcia)
      2. Waltz (Tempo di valse)
      3. The Bear (Allegretto)
      4. Funny Story (Allegro)
      5. Sad Story (Adagio)
      6. Clockwork Doll (Allegretto)
      7. Birthday (Moderato)