Re: manchurian waltz

[Robert A. Rothstein <rar...>]

jonathan walton wrote:

> Now, question time...does anybody know any words to the Manchurian Waltz by
> Schatrow (as it says on my score which has the title in Finnish as
> Mantsurian Kukkuliolla)? Any language will do, although ideally I'd like to
> do an arrangement for an English version sooner or later.

        The waltz "Na sopkakh Man'chzhurii" (In the Hills of Manchuria) was
written by the Russian military band leader Il'ia Shatrov in 1905 as an
instrumental piece.  Various Russian texts were later set to the melody.

                        Bob Rothstein

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