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- From: bkruem@ciba-geigy.ch (Michael Krueger)
- Subject: Dance of the Puppets
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 07:02:53 GMT
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- The "Dance of the Puppets" are 7 easy piano pieces (without opus) which have
- been written between 1952 and 1962.
-
- But there exists a collection of 25 piano pieces called "Roundabout of Dances"
- which contains all of the pieces from "Dance of the Puppets". I'm not sure if
- you will find them on the list of DSCH's works. I have the piano score for the
- "Roundabout of Dances" (Edition Sikorski, 1970). There is indicated clearly,
- that these pieces are "selected and arranged by L. Atovmyan".
-
- Some of the music appear also in DSCH's film music, notably the Suites from
- "The Gadfly" (1955) and "Michurin" (1964), of course in an orchestral version.
- There is no Suite of DSCH's film music, which has not been arranged or selected
- by Atovmyan.
-
- The following table depicts the relationship between "Dance of the Puppets",
- "Roundabout of Dances" and film music:
-
- Roundabout of Dances Dance of the Puppets Film Music
- -------------------------- --------------------- ---------------------------
- 1. Welcome Song
- 2. Lyric Waltz 1. Lyric Waltz
- 3. Gavotte 2. Gavotte
- 4. Romance 3. Romance
- 5. Waltz of Remembrance
- 6. Polka 4. Polka
- 7. Merry Waltz 5. Merry Waltz
- 8. Barrel-Organ Polka (*) 6. Barrel-Organ Polka
- 9. Waltz of the Flowers
- 10. Little Dance 7. Dance
- 11. Lullaby
- 12. Spring Waltz 3. Waltz (Michurin)
- 13. Country Dance (**) 2. Counter Dance (Gadfly)
- 14. Spanish Dance 3. Fair (Gadfly)
- 15. Nocturne I 10. Nocturne (Gadfly)
- 16. Barrel-Organ Waltz 5. Barrel Organ W. (Gadfly)
- 17. Little Piece 7. Introduction (Gadfly)
- 18. Sentimental Waltz
- 19. Spring Dance
- 20. A Waltzlike Song
- 21. Nocturne II
- 22. A Sad Song
- 23. Folk-Dance
- 24. Adagio
- 25. Farewell Waltz
-
- (*) This is an extended version of the piece from "Dance of the Puppets".
- (**) This is presumably a bad translation. "Counter Dance" as in "The
- Gadfly" appears to be correct (in German both pieces are named
- "Kontratanz", Country Dance would translate to "Volkstanz").
-
- So, this raises some questions:
-
- - The remaining pieces of "Roundabout...", do they also appear in DSCH's film
- music? (The above list is based on my knowledge of the Suites from
- "Michurin", "The Fall of Berlin", "The Golden Mountains", "Hamlet", "The
- Gadfly")
-
- - Are these pieces piano transcriptions of DSCH's film music by Atovmyan?
-
- - Or did DSCH write the piano pieces first, and used them later in his film
- music?
-
- - Who was L. Atovmyan?
-
- Anyone cares to comment?
-
- Michael Krueger
-
- Ciba-Geigy, Textile Dyestuffs, Basel, Switzerland
- email: bkruem@ciba-geigy.ch
-