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    Dimitri Shostakovich was a 20th century Soviet composer known for writing upper intermediate piano repertoire. In 1953, excerpts from his larger Ballet Suites were compiled into the suite Dances of the Dolls to make it accessible for pianists. The first two movements, "Lyrical Waltz" and "Gavotte", are based on their respective dance styles and translate the delicate movements of dolls to the piano through Shostakovich's compositional style.

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    Dimitri Shostakovich was a 20th century Soviet composer known for writing upper intermediate piano repertoire. In 1953, excerpts from his larger Ballet Suites were compiled into the suite Dances of the Dolls to make it accessible for pianists. The first two movements, "Lyrical Waltz" and "Gavotte", are based on their respective dance styles and translate the delicate movements of dolls to the piano through Shostakovich's compositional style.

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    Dimitri Shostakovich was a 20th century Soviet composer known for writing upper intermediate piano repertoire. In 1953, excerpts from his larger Ballet Suites were compiled into the suite Dances of the Dolls to make it accessible for pianists. The first two movements, "Lyrical Waltz" and "Gavotte", are based on their respective dance styles and translate the delicate movements of dolls to the piano through Shostakovich's compositional style.

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    Lyrical Waltz and Gavotte from Dances of the Dolls Op. 7 by Dimitri Shostakovich

    Dimitri Shostakovich was 20th century Soviet composer and pianist, who was known mostly to write
    repertoire for upper intermediate players. Though he was known for that rep, in 1953 the suite Dances
    of the Dolls was compiled to make a suite of piano pieces that contained excerpts from his larger Ballet
    Suites. The first two movements; Lyrical Waltz and Gavotte are based off of the two familiar dance
    styles. In the pieces it is easy to hear how the styles were translated to mirror the delicate movements
    of a doll.

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