"The Shepherd Plays by Tatiana Salutrinskaya"

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I first learned this piece a couple months ago, following the progression of  the Russian School of Piano Playing series. Recently I realised the score was in my Keith Snell Grade 1 repertoire book -- with pedal markings! I haven't really learned to use the pedals yet, so I was super excited to give it a try. 😀

Tatiana Salutrinskaya was a Russian/Soviet pianist and composer. Sadly, as is always the case with female composers, not much is known about her life. This is all I could find on her (I even used google translate to search in Russian sites, but couldn't find any info beyond what Musopus has): https://musopus.net/musicians/salutrinskaya-tatiana/

Sheet music for this piece:

Russian School of Piano Playing book 1 part II: https://www.halleonard.com/product/48010304/the-russian-school-of-piano-playing

Keith Snell Essential Piano Repertoire (Grade One): https://kjos.com/essential-piano-repertoire-level-one.html

This article was updated on November 5, 2023

Maira Martins

Hi, I'm Maira and this is my attempt at old-fashioned personal blogging in the era of social media overload. I'm a day trader, programmer and photographer currently based in Valencia, Spain, and the last thing I want to talk about is work.

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