Three Fantastic Dances
Opus 5

Form
Three short pieces for piano:

1. March in C major -- Allegretto
2. Waltz in C major -- Andantino
3. Polka in C major -- Allegretto

Composed
4 December 1920, at Petrograd

Dedicated to
Josif Zakharovieb Shvarts

First performance
20 March 1925, Moscow Conservatory Malyi Hall
by Dmitri Shosakovich

Arrangements

• transcription for violin and piano by Harry Glickman
• transcription for trombone and piano by Quinto Maganini
• transcription for trumpet and piano by Timofei Dokshitser
• transcription for saxophone and piano by Marc Chisson
• no.2 arranged for organ by Willard Nevins
• nos.2 and 3 arranged for string quartet by Konstantin Mostras
• arrangement for viola and piano by Georgi Bezrukov
• arrangement for piano four hands by Geoffrey Carroll