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Dmitri Shostakovich

The Tale of the Priest and His Servant Balda, op. 36

Op. 36 Composed 1933 Stage

The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda (Сказка о попе и о работнике его Балде) is a partially lost Soviet feature length cartoon directed by the husband-and-wife team, Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and Vera Tsekhanovskaya. It is based on the eponymous fairy-tale in verse by Alexander Pushkin. The score was composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. The only surviving scene (2 1/2 minutes) is called Bazaar (Marketplace). The rest of the film reels were lost in the bombing of the Lenfilm studio during the Siege of Leningrad in 1941.

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Movements

  1. The Story of the Priest and His Helper Balda, op. 36: A Fair (Prelude)
  2. The Story of the Priest and His Helper Balda, op. 36: Balda's First Job
  3. The Story of the Priest and His Helper Balda, op. 36: Balda's March
  4. The Story of the Priest and His Helper Balda, op. 36: Carousel II
  5. The Story of the Priest and His Helper Balda, op. 36: Overture
  6. The Story of the Priest and His Helper Balda, op. 36: The Bear's Dance
  7. The Story of the Priest and His Helper Balda, op. 36: The Bell-Ringer's Dance
  8. The Story of the Priest and His Helper Balda, op. 36: The Meeting of Balda and the Priest
  9. The Story of the Priest and His Helper Balda, op. 36: The Metropolitan Priest (Tea Drinking)
  10. The Story of the Priest and His Helper Balda, op. 36: The Priest's Dance With the Devil
  11. The Story of the Priest and His Helper Balda, op. 36: The Priest's Daughter's Dream

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