March of the Soviet Militia

"March of the Soviet Militia"
by Dmitri Shostakovich
Shostakovich (center) in 1974 (photograph by Yuri Shcherbinin)
Opus139
ComposedOctober 1970
DedicationMikhail Zoshchenko (disputed)
Published1972
PublisherSovietsky kompozitor
Muzika
DSCH Publishers
Duration1 1/2–2 minutes
ScoringMilitary band
Premiere
DateNovember 10, 1970 (1970-11-10)
LocationHouse of the Unions
Moscow, Russian SFSR
ConductorNikolai Zolotaryov
PerformersExemplary Orchestra of the Office of the Kremlin Commandant

The "March of the Soviet Militia" (Russian: Марш советской милиции, romanizedMarsh sovietskoy militsii), Op. 139 is a march for military band composed in 1970 by Dmitri Shostakovich.


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