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Soundtrack piece at the grand ballroom scene


I can't find a soundtrack listing anywhere for this film. A lot of classical music, but no way to identify it! What a shame.

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If you mean the music at the end of Episode 1 when Prince Andrei asks Natasha to dance, it is the Waltz from Khachaturian's music for Lemontov's play Masquerade. The period is a little off for War & Peace, but the choice of music is somewhat appropriate as it premiered on June 21, 1941; Hitler invaded the Soviet Union just a few hours later. Lermontov's play is actually much older (1835).

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There is a Chopin-like piece much early that the majestic "Masquerade Waltz" and they didn't credit that either. Frustrating.

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