Dimitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)

L'Homme au fusil (1938)

music from the film directed by Sergei Yutkevich, for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: sep 1938
    • Publisher: Le Chant du Monde
    • Opus: 53
Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussionists, strings, 2 cornets [section de cuivres supplémentaire] , 2 trumpets [section de cuivres supplémentaire] , 6 flugerlhorns [section de cuivres supplémentaire] , 2 tubas [section de cuivres supplémentaire]

Premiere information

  • Date: 1 November 1938
    Location:

    première projection du film.


Table of contents

  1. Ouverture (Allegretto)
  2. Octobre (Allegro moderato)
  3. Smolny (Presto) - Smolny (Allegretto)
  4. Finale (Moderato)