near his professors and colleagues. His son Dmitri (1930–2013) was the violist of the Borodin Quartet for 43 years (1953–1996). Works Shebalin composed in many musical genres. Among his creations are operas, symphonies, string quartets, trios and sonatas, choral music, romances, songs, music to dramas, radio plays, and film scores. One of the most interesting works of Shebalin is his opera The Taming of the Shrew (Укрощение строптивой, Ukroshcheniye stroptivoy) after William Shakespeare) (1957). He wrote another opera The Sun above the Steppe (Солнце над степью, Solntse nad stepyu) (1958) and also the music comedy The Bridegroom from the Embassy (Жених из посольства, Zhenikh iz posolstva) (1942). He also completed the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi by Modest Mussorgsky in 1930 and reconstructed a long missing pas de deux from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake from a violin 'repetiteur' rediscovered in 1953. Selected compositions (incomplete list) Symphonic music Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 (1925) Symphony No. 2 in C# minor, Op. 11 (1929) Dramatic symphony ’Lenin’, Op. 16 for narrator, soloists, choir, and orchestra (1931, rev. 1959) Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 17 (1935) Suite No. 1, Op. 18 (1935) Suite No. 2, Op. 22 (1935) Symphony No. 4 in B, Op. 24 ‘The Heroes of Perekop’ (1935) Sinfonietta on Russian folksongs in A, Op. 43 (1949—1951) Symphony No. 5 in C, Op. 56 (1962) Suite No. 3, Op. 61 (1963) Overtures and film music (listed below with original titles) Concertante Violin Concerto, Op. 21 (1936—1940) Concertino for violin and string orchestra, Op. 14/1 (1932) Concertino for horn and orchestra, Op. 14/2 (1930) Chamber works 9 string quartets (1923–63) String Trio, Op. 4 (1924) Piano Sonata in E flat minor, Op. 10 Sonata for violin and viola, Op. 35 (1944) Piano Trio in A, Op. 39 (1946/47) Sonata for viola, Op. 51/2 (1954) Sonata for violin, Op. 51/1 (1958) Sonata for cello, Op. 51/3 (1960) Works for guitar Four Pieces for Violin and Piano Orientalia (three pieces for violin and piano) Violin Suite (four pieces for violin and piano) Four Light Pieces (for violin and piano) Concert Piece (for violin and piano) Film music 1929 — Турксиб (Documentary) 1932 — Дела и люди 1933 — Рваные башмаки 1937 — Гобсек 1937 — Пугачёв 1938 — Семиклассники 1939 — Социалистическое животноводство (Documentary) 1939 — В таёжных далях 1941 — Фронтовые подруги 1947 — Глинка 1947 — Повесть