Songs from the Front Vol. 97
Songs from the Front Vol. 97
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The first publication of Shostakovich’s arrangements, on which the present edition is based, was prepared in 2005 by employees of the Scientific-Research Manuscript Department of the Scientific Music Library of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory and was put out by Kompozitor Publishers, St. Petersburg, in the Petersburg Music Archive series.
The publication was dedicated to two anniversary dates: the 60th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and the centenary of Shostakovich’s birth. The title for the whole body of arrangements, Songs for the Front, was proposed by the editors of the first edition.
This publication is based on the 2005 edition—D. Shostakovich, Songs for the Front (1941), Kompozitor Publishers, St. Petersburg, collated with the author’s manuscripts kept in the Scientific-Research Manuscript Department of the Scientific Music Library of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory—SRMD St. Petersburg SC No. 5614-5640.
With rare exception, there are no dynamic signs in either the author’s manuscripts or in the edition in the voice parts. They have been added by the editors in keeping with the context and in the same way as for the violin and cello parts.
