Russian Dance (Trepak)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

For tuba and piano

In G major, range B1 to A3

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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