German March for Wind Orchestra
Opus SO
1947 year
first publication:
DSCH Publishers, Moscow, 2006
manuscripts:
The author’s manuscript of the score of the German March is kept in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Archives, the handwritten copy of the score is in the music library of the State Symphonic Orchestra of Cinematography (No. 397)
German March for Wind Orchestra
From the Music to the Film Warmongers
The German March was written for the film Warmongers directed by Leo Arnshtam.49 Work on the film came to a halt in 1951.
The author’s manuscript of the score of the German March is kept in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Archives, the handwritten copy of the score is in the music library of the State Symphonic Orchestra of Cinematography (No. 397). The author’s manuscript is not dated. In keeping with the time the film was made, it can be presumed that the March was written at the end of 1950.