[rrayner]

The "Swan Lake" ballet was written by Peter Ilytch Tchaikovsky in the 1875–1876 time frame. This Swan Lake Waltz Duet is a reduction of one of the scenes in the ballet and it seems to be referred to online simply as waltz. This piece is perhaps an intermediate level for playing.

Phrasing is always a problem in a reduction of pieces written for strings, so I have added several breath marks (large commas between slurs) to emphasize that a quick breath should be taken before the next phrase. You may find that you can cover longer phrases with one breath, which would be fine.

I hope you enjoy playing this. My wife and I are having a ball with it.

Ralph Rayner