Russian Dance (Trepak)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

For alto sax and piano

Written in E♭ major, range G4 to F6

In The Nutcracker’s Land of Sweets, the Russian dancers burst in for about a minute of stamping, leaping and spinning, and finish with a mad dash. The trepak is a folk dance from Ukraine.

Also as a duet for two tubas

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