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Vladislav Blazhevich had no formal opus number system for his compositions. Many of Blazhevich's compositions either have vague date ranges, or no date at all. During his lifetime, his more popular music was published by Muzgiz (State Music Publishing House). Muzgiz used a system of plate numbers following the format M. ##### Г. from 1918-1964. For Blazhevich's more popular works, published with a plate number between 1918-1964, the number can be used to approximate the period which the composition is from, though note some plate numbers are far greater due to second and third republications decades after the initial one. Some dates can be found on Blazhevich's original manuscripts, or in his books Methods (1941) and Autobiography (1939). Some of his works' dates can be approximated due to their mention in his writings, necessitating them to have been written before that particular entry. For Blazhevich's more obscure works, such as Concerti No. 11, 12 and 13, they exist only in handwritten manuscript form, meaning their date of creation will never be known accurately. Further complicating matters, much of Blazhevich's content has been published illegally, for example Editions BIM's 1996 publication of Concerto No. 1, further confusing which works were written when. Nevertheless, most of Blazhevich's works can be dated within ~10 years, and his pedagogical publications as well as their edits and republications are all dated meticulously.

By genre

Trombone concerti

• Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major (c. 1920-1930, likely around 1925) M. 14081 Г.
• Concerto No. 2 in Db Major (1924)
• Concerto No. 3 in Eb Major
• Concerto No. 4 in Bb Major
• Concerto No. 5 in Eb Major (Universal Editions pub. 1930)
• Concerto No. 6
• Concerto No. 7
• Concerto No. 8 in Ab Major M. 20742 Г.
• Concerto No. 9 in E Minor (1926)
• Concerto No. 10 in F minor M. 12070 Г.
• Concerto No. 11 (c. late 1930s)
• Concerto No. 12 (c. late 1930s)
• Concerto No. 13 in Ab Major (c. late 1930s)

Solo trombone

• Concert Piece No. 1 for Trombone and Piano
• Concert Piece No. 2 for Trombone and Piano
• Concert Piece No. 3 for Trombone and Piano
• Concert Piece No. 4 for Trombone and Piano
• Concert Piece No. 5 for Trombone and Piano (1935)
• 20 Miniatures for Trombone and Piano
• 10 Concert Etudes for Trombone and Piano
• 12 Melodic Etudes
• 24 Etudes "Virtuoso"

Suites

• Suite No. 1 for Trombone Quartet
• Suite No. 2 for Trombone Quartet
• Suite No. 1 for Trombone Trio
• Suite No. 2 for Trombone Trio
• Suite No. 3 for Trombone Trio
• Suite No. 4 for Trombone Trio
• Suite No. 5 for Trombone Trio

Other chamber works

• 38 Concert Duets for Two Trombones
• 24 Trios for Three Trombones
• Musical Impromptu for 10 Trombones and 2 Tubas (or 12 Trombones) (1920s); also known as Fantasy No. 1 for 10 Trombones 2 Tubas and Timpani
• Fantasy No. 2 for 12 Trombones (or 10 Trombones and 2 Tubas)

Works for wind ensemble

• Stalin's Route, March for Wind Ensemble (pub. 1947)
• Column March for Brass Band (1931) M. 11734 Г.

Miscellaneous works

• Scherzo for Trumpet and Piano

Orchestrations of music by other composers

• Orchestration of Ludwig van Beethoven 3 Marches (Op. 45) for Brass Band (1926)

Pedagogical works

• School for Trombone in Clefs (1916, pub. 1925)
• School of Legato Development (1924)
• Sequences – 26 Melodic Exercises in Different Rhythms and Keys for Trombone (1924)
• School for Slide Trombone (1935)
• School for Contrabass Tuba (1937)
• School of Collective Playing on Wind Instruments (1937)

Citations

1. Kharlamov, A.G (2005). Vladislav Blazhevich – A History of His Life, Career, and Compositions. Evanston: Northwestern University.
2. ^ Kharlamov, A.G., Blazhevich – The History of Selected Works, Jay Friedman Blog/Northwestern University Thesis, Volume 36, Issue 3, January 10th 2009

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