The Great Patriotic War ignited a renewed interest in the Russian national culture. Reflcted in various spheres of arts, its also found its way into wind music.
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Musicians remembered, «having searched through piles of archive documents Tchernetsky reconstructed all previous performances and cadanze giving his concerts a special historic touch». No wonder, they always scored nothing but a full house.
Those waltzes were broadcast on radio all across the country. Musicians received a lot of letters even from the battlefields thanking them for the experience. One of the letters was addressed to Tchernetsky and said: “Today on radio we were listening to the wind band under your command. My fellow soldiers and officers asked me to write a letter and thank you for the performance. We’ve especially enjoyed your march, the