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Title Sarafan, Russian Overture
Composer Erichs, H. Marshall’s
Civic Band
Topeka, KS
Est’d 1884
Number C-255
Type CB
Date 1895
Key C
Arranger Claus, Joseph Bernard John B. Marshall Length 0.00
Publisher Harry Coleman Vocal No
Association   Grade/Difficulty ?/?
Last Performed Unknown
Manuscript No
Style Overture, Concert Location Marshall's Band Library
Cataloger Alan Ukena
Date Cataloged 06/14/1993
Notes
A Sarafan is a Russian national dress that is usually sleeveless and worn over a 
shirt. In documents from the 14th through 17th centuries, the term sarafan was 
worn by the boyars. In the 19th century it was worn mainly by peasant women in 
the northern and central areas of Russia, in the Volga Region, and in Siberia. 
It was also worn by some city women.  The oldest type of sarafan did not have a 
slit down the front. It had wide armholes and sometimes false flap sleeves. In 
the mid-19th century a particularly popular style of sarafan was made of 
material cut on the diagonal and buttoned down the front. Later sarafan styles 
had a straight cut and straps or consisted of a bodice and skirt. 
 
from: GREAT SOVIET ENCYCLOPEDIA, 3rd Edition, vol 22, pg. 618a, MacMillan, Inc., 
New York, 1975. 
      
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