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Shostakovich, Dmitry

Operetta: Bedbug (Die Wanze) op. 19

Composed: 1929

Librettist: Vladimir Mayakovsky

Saxophone: 2 Soprano Saxophones

Publisher: Dmitri Shostakovich Estate

Premiere: 1929

Language: Russian

Nationality: Russian

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Ballet: The Golden Age, ballet, Op. 22

Composed: 1930

Saxophone: Soprano Saxophone, 2 Tenor Saxophones

Publisher: Dmitri Shostakovich Estate

Premiere: 1930

Nationality: Russian

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Comic Opera: The Great Lightning

Composed: 1932

Librettist: Nikolai Aseyev

Saxophone: Soprano Saxophone

Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes

Premiere: 1981

Language: Russian

Nationality: Russian

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Opera: Orango, Unfinished Satirical Opera

Composed: 1932

Librettist: Count Alexei Tolstoy and Alexander Starchakov

Saxophone: Soprano Saxophone, 2 Alto Saxophone

Publisher: G Schirmer Inc

Premiere: 1932

Language: Russian

Nationality: Russian

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Satirical Opera: The Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda

Composed: 1935

Librettist: Sofia Khentova

Text: Alexander Pushkin

Saxophone: 2 Soprano Saxophone, 2 Tenor Saxophone

Publisher: G Schirmer Inc

Premiere: 2006

Language: Russian

Nationality: Russian

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Opera: Cheryomushki

Composed: 1957-58

Librettist: Vladimir Massa and Mikhail Chervinsky

Saxophone: Alto/Soprano Saxophone, Tenor/Baritone Saxophone

Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes

Premiere: 1994

Language: Russian

Nationality: Russian