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String OrchestraGrade 4Code 31949

Dance of the Comedians

Smetana · arranged by Bergonzi · Alfred Music Company, Inc.

Performances52010–2025
Schools5
Avg concert1.401 is best
Straight ones60%3 superior ratings

Performances per year

How often this piece was programmed.

Average rating per year

1 is the best possible score, so lower is better.

  • Concert
  • Sight-reading

Share of its category

Against every grade 4 String Orchestra piece performed since 2010.

<1%of 5,019 performances

3 of this piece vs 5,016 of everything else in the same grade and event.

Programmed most often by

Schools that have returned to this piece.

  • Americas HSavg 2.01×
  • Austin High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Cinco Ranch High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Oak Ridge High Schoolavg 1.01×
  • Walnut Grove High Schoolavg 2.01×

Most often paired with

Pieces programmed alongside this one, across every recorded performance.

  • Andante (From Symphony No. 4) — MendelssohnGr 4 · avg 2.01×
  • Andante Cantabile (From String Quartet Op. 11) — TchaikovskyGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Capriccio Italien — TchaikovskyFull Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obligato — BlochGr 5 · avg 1.01×
  • Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral — WagnerGr 5 · avg 2.01×
  • Four Bowdon Portraits — EllerbyGr 5 · avg 2.01×
  • March Slav — TchaikovskyFull Orchestra · Gr 3 · avg 2.01×
  • Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 — GriegFull Orchestra · Gr 5 · avg 1.01×

Performances

All 5 recorded performances.

YearSchoolEventPerformed withDirectorClassConcertSR
2025Walnut Grove High SchoolAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Andante (from Symphony No. 4) — Mendelssohn/Frost
  • Four Bowdon Portraits (play one mvt) — Ellerby
Brian HensonVarsity21
2017Oak Ridge High SchoolAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet Op. 11) — Tchaikovsky/Tobani
  • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obbligato Mvmt I — Bloch/
Linda NicolosiVarsity11
2016Americas HSAAAAAAString Orchestra
  • Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral — Wagner/Moreno
  • Marche Slav — Tchaikovsky/Gruselle Junior
Adria DunnVarsity21
2014Austin High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Le Corsaire Overture — Berlioz
  • Symphonic Dances Movement 2 — Grieg
Carolyn VandiverVarsity11
2010Cinco Ranch High SchoolAAAAAFull Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 1 Lento — Shostakovitch
  • Capriccio Italien — Tschaikowsky
Brett NelsenVarsity11

  • Walnut Grove High School

    2025 · String Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Brian Henson

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Andante (from Symphony No. 4) — Mendelssohn/Frost
    • Four Bowdon Portraits (play one mvt) — Ellerby

  • Oak Ridge High School

    2017 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Linda Nicolosi

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet Op. 11) — Tchaikovsky/Tobani
    • Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano Obbligato Mvmt I — Bloch/

  • Americas HS

    2016 · String Orchestra · AAAAAA · Varsity

    Adria Dunn

    Concert2SR1

    Performed with

    • Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral — Wagner/Moreno
    • Marche Slav — Tchaikovsky/Gruselle Junior

  • Austin High School

    2014 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Carolyn Vandiver

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Le Corsaire Overture — Berlioz
    • Symphonic Dances Movement 2 — Grieg

  • Cinco Ranch High School

    2010 · Full Orchestra · AAAAA · Varsity

    Brett Nelsen

    Concert1SR1

    Performed with

    • Symphony No. 1 Lento — Shostakovitch
    • Capriccio Italien — Tschaikowsky