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- Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1 (1934)
- G Schirmer Inc (USA, Canada and Mexico only)
Le Chant Du Monde (France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries)
G Schirmer is the publisher of the work in the USA, Canada and Mexico only. Le Chant du Monde is the publisher of the work in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries.
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- 7 min
Programme Note
In the 1930s jazz was highly popular in the Soviet Union. Shostakovich was particularly interested in this kind of music, especially as it was practised within the USSR by his colleagues and friends. So he was delighted when he was asked to write a piece for a small Leningrad dance-band. The result was this charming and tuneful Suite in a style combining echoes of Kurt Weill, klezmer and cabaret with more American influences, especially in the darkly hilarious final movement. There are three movements in all: a soupy and engaging Waltz, a lively Polka with a tricky xylophone solo, and a paradoxically entitled Foxtrot (Blues), which features a notable episode for that pioneering electric instrument, the Hawaiian guitar.
Note by Gerard McBurney - Boosey & Hawkes
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1. Waltz (Moderato)
2. Polka (Allegretto)
3. Foxtrot (Blues) (Moderato)
