Sviridov G. Album of Pieces for Children. Arranged for French horn and piano

Georgiy Vasilyevich SVIRIDOV (16.12.1915, Fatezh, now the Kursk region — 06.01.1998, Moscow) — the Russian composer. Most prominent musician of the 20th’s century second half, having addressed mainly to vocal genres, basing country folklore, old-fashioned romance, Russian church singing of the 17th century. Sviridov was the first to resort to S. A. Yesenin’s and B. L. Pasternak’s creation after they were prohibited in 1930–1950. Compositions: music comedy “The Sea Spread Wide” (1943), cantatas, oratorios, including “Poem to Yesenin’s Memory”, “Pathetic Oratorio”, “Kursk Songs”, “Snow Falls”, “Wooden Russia”, “Decembrists”, “Pushkin’s Garland”, “Songs of Hard Times”; romances, music to films, including “Don César de Bazan” (1957), “Blizzard” (1964; orchestra cycle “Music Illustrations to A. S. Pushkin’s novel “Blizzard”, 1974), “Forward, the Time” (1965).

Contents:

LITTLE LULLABY. For two French horns (Music text example)
FIDGET
GENTLE REQUEST
STUBBORN PERSON
CHIMES WERE CHIMING. Russian folk song
OLD-FASHIONED DANCE (Music text example)
BEFORE BED
LAD WITH ACCORDION
JOLLY MARCH
SAD SONG
LITTLE TOCCATA
WINTER HAS COME (Music text example)
FLOURISH