Jazz Waltz no.2
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Product ID: WG3 ETM1723
By Dmitri Shostakovich
Publisher:
Musikverlag Andrea Wiegand
Arranger:
Thomas Stapf
Series:
Minuten Hits
Genre:
Waltz
Line Up:
Flexible Instrumentation
Duration:
4:00
Level: 2-3
Set & Score
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About this item
The Waltz No. 2, in an arrangement here for school and amateur ensembles, finds its origins in the Suite for Variety Orchestra, which until the end of the last century was mistakenly thought to be (and known under the name of) the Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2, a work which was lost in the Second World War. The waltz is so well-known because it has been used in parts of the soundtracks of numerous films, for example in Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut”, but also as the theme tune for the German television series “Notruf 110” (Emergency Number 110). It is not in fact jazz music that we have here, however; the term “jazz orchestra” actually refers to the scoring, which includes saxophone, sarrusophone and heckelphone (a type of bass oboe). This version allows the work to be performed by strings alone together with a flute. It is possible, however, to augment this ensemble – and therefore produce a sound which is closer to the original – by including wind instruments, perscussion and piano Only for violin I and cello do the string parts occasionally require the third position; the viola part is also provided for violin III and is included in the parts book. Other alternative parts for the wind instruments are available in a separate book.
Instrumentation
Strings
opt.
Winds: Woodwinds I in C (Flute)
Woodwinds II in C (Flute 2/ Oboe)
Woodwinds III in Bb (Clarinet)
Woodwinds IV in C (Bassoon)
Brass I und II in B (Trumpet)
Brass III in F (Horn) und C (Trombone)
Brass IV in C (Trombone und Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (S.Drum, Triangle, Cymbals und Xylophone)
Piano
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Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century.
Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Leon Trotsky's chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, but later had a complex and difficult relationship with the government. Nevertheless, he also received accolades and state awards and served in the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (1947–1962) and the USSR (from 1962 until death).
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