Tim Hu <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >On track 13 of a Pro Arte 'Multiplay' CD is the "Cossack Dance" by >Tchaikovsky, with Sergiu Comissiona conducting the Houston Symphony. I >believe this is an excerpt from a larger work. Can anyone let me know what >composition this is? Most likely it's the Cossack Dance or Gopak from Act I of his opera 'Mazepa', but it could just possibly be from Act III of the opera 'Cherevichki'. If it has a four-bar introduction with the strings alone playing a repeated rhythmical figure, then that sounds like the Gopak from Mazepa. Hope this helps, Brett Langston The Tchaikovsky Web-Site http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/blangston/pitch/