• Veniamin Fleishman and Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Rothschild’s Violin (1941)

  • G Schirmer Inc (USA, Canada and Mexico only)
    Le Chant Du Monde (France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries)

G Schirmer is the publisher of the work in the USA, Canada and Mexico only. Le Chant du Monde is the publisher of the work in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries.
Orchestrated by Dmitri Shostakovich

  • 2.2+ca.3.2+cbn/4331/timp.perc/2hp/str
  • 1011/0110/pf/str (1.1.1.1.1)
  • TB (6-8 voices)
  • 2 Tenors, Bass, Mezzo soprano
  • 45 min
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Libretto based on the Chekhov short story.
  • Russian

Programme Note

Veniamin Fleishman was killed during the siege of Leningrad in 1941. Fleishman had only orchestrated the central part of the work, Shostakovich completed the rest.