Stravinsky, Igor: Canon on a Russian Popular Tune (1965) 1'
for Concert Introduction or Encore

Scoring
2.picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc:BD-harp-pft-strings.
Abbreviations (PDF).

Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.

Repertoire Note  
Like the Birthday Greeting, this ingenious morsel makes a striking curtain-raiser or encore. The Russian tune is the famous horn melody closing The Firebird, canonically experienced fortissimo e moderato.



Reproduction Rights
This programme note can be reproduced free of charge in concert programmes with a credit to Boosey & Hawkes/Joseph Horowitz.