Dmitri Shostakovich - Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1 [Jazz suite No. 1] [With score]

[@oreodog]

Why as a sax player could I never play this beautiful piece built for us in school? Because in America public schools never mix Band and Orchestra and it’s really quite a sad and frustrating thing.

[@theoe354]

true that :(

[@donnytello1544]

It’s extremely sad, extremely. Thsi could be played in concert band, violin just needs to be omitted or transcribed for maybe piano

[@countersoprano]

I'm pretty sure it's just the high string parts. The violin parts would be weird to transfer on to any wind instrument. They could probably be transfered to a flute part but flutes end at C4/B3 and only got up to C7 (not including altissimo).

[@onlinetheory5115]

It's not really an *American public school thing, it's pretty global to see that, especially with when and where it was developed (Paris, mid 1800s), who developed it (Adolf Sax who had several qualms with leading orchestrators and artists), and the purposes for which it was developed (primarily, but not exclusively, to strengthen the woodwinds section in bands). In the 20th century, orchestral music began to incorporate the use of saxophones around the world (you can see if in Copland, Stravinsky, Prokofiev [a ton], Shostakovich, etc.). This isn't to say that saxophone doesn't blend well within an orchestra, because it clearly fits quite nicely almost anywhere you place it in your orchestration, but it just wasn't common practice early on, and took time to become a standard throughout the Western arts world.

[@evanmisejka4062]

@@donnytello1544 I'd transcribe violin onto flute

[@marit3435]

one of my favorite pieces ever, simple yet diverse. Would be an honour to play it someday

[@thorsteinnjonsson6407]

1 man orchestra

[@leidannis9544]

Me too

[@청음E]

My love... Shostakovich!

[@DamonJHK]

Yay! Shostakovich!

[@lotuschan55]

Хежун и Дамон любят Шостакович!

[@DmitriShostakovichDSCH]

Yay! Me!

[@EpicureanSwerve]

Amazing. So simple and yet so deep. Shostakovich is a marvel.

[@Envy_May]

5:43 WHAT when i tell you my jaw dropped

[@allenwang202]

Imo this song deserves more recognition. It’s as good as the second suite.

[@sneddypie]

better, if you ask me

[@isaiahcruz3431]

Really cool of you for uploading the scores for Jazz suites 1 and 2

[@DamonJHK]

I'm glad you liked them! Thanks for listening :D

[@medvevaros1051]

Waltz no.1 0:00 Polka 2:42 Foxtrott 4:28

[@r0mmm]

It's so amazing!! I love it. It still falls in the category of what People these day call classical music, but it's so different!!

[@sambol8429]

Classical music is vast. If it is not classical music, what is it then? I wouldn't call it jazz. What is jazz without improvisations?

[@tweer64]

@@sambol8429 Well, it isn't technically a Jazz Suite, but a Suite for Jazz Orchestra.

[@vadim4252]

@@tweer64 Variety orchestra**

[@merryhunt9153]

I love listening and seeing the sheet music at the same time. Thank you, Damon. This is not a piece for amateurs.

[@davidrehak3539]

Dmitrij Sosztakovics:1.Varieté Szvit 1.Keringő (Moderato) 00:05 2.Polka (Allegretto) 02:43 3.Foxtrot (Moderato) 04:28 Amszterdami Királyi Concertgebouw Zenekar Vezényel:Riccardo Chailly

[@thepianocornertpc]

Wonderful.

[@oreodog]

5:25 favorite part

[@r0mmm]

This sounds really like Film or folk music from the soviet 40s and 50s

[@tweer64]

Idk why, but I really like when the piano comes in at 1:29.

[@DreamlessSleepwalker]

Really goes to show how different ðe late 20þ idea of musical genre differs from ðe modern one.

[@maestrotheoretically519]

I like your use of ðe characters eð and þorn

[@vsevolodzavidov3802]

02:43 полка 04:28 фокстрот

[@gamingmusicandjokesandabit1240]

Why do the saxophones sound like the wind instruments of a Classical-period orchestra?

[@Ringo242]

Gr8

[@nooblivecam]

Shotaskovich's Fifth Symphony in 2:46 and 4:03 ?

[@juicedelemon]

similar rhythms!

[@DmitriShostakovichDSCH]

jazz

[@isaiahcruz3431]

The Foxtrot reminds me of HMS Royal Oak by Schuloff

[@ncr004]

Hello, can I ask where did u get the score of this one? I really love it:)

[@DmitriShostakovichDSCH]

I haven’t been dead for long enough for my scores to be public domain yet, sadly- you gotta buy them from a publisher

[@jackminto7062]

Ah yes... *Hawaiian Guitar, my favourite instrument* Also isn't that solo also from the Golden age ballet?

[@maestrotheoretically519]

which part of tbe ballet?

[@ryacoli]

the waltz 1 here (jazz suite 1) is also taken from waltz 2 in jazz suite 2...

[@maninlalaland531]

Can we get the reference of the score, like the publisher and editor?

[@luke9947]

What instrument is B-gio?

[@luke9947]

Ustym Petrovych 👍

[@muslit]

Waiting for the jazz.

[@Xiobing]

Actually jazz is waiting for you 🤭

[@Ryan-wr8fx]

Too bad Shotikovich didn't collaborate with Charlie Parker, the would be amazing

[@derektung1670]

why doesnt the trumpet part have a key signature??

[@imparkub]

Because the trumpet is a transposing instrument in B flat, so when most instruments have a score in B flat Major, the trumpet reads C Major

[@ДмитрийЗубов-н3ш]

and you have a march from this suite?

[@SinanAkkoyun]

Where did you get the note sheet??

[@Demour77]

www.sikorski.de/475/en/0/a/0/orchestral_music/1006087_suite_for_variety_orchestra.htmwww.sikorski.de/475/en/0/a/0/orchestral_music/1006087_suite_for_variety_orchestra.html

[@adelakaminkova]

I love this! Where did you get the score?

[@adelakaminkova]

Damon J.H.K. Great! Thank you so much! I've been looking for it for quite a while.

[@DamonJHK]

You're welcome :D

[@Demour77]

Here: www.sikorski.de/475/en/0/a/0/orchestral_music/1006087_suite_for_variety_orchestra.htmwww.sikorski.de/475/en/0/a/0/orchestral_music/1006087_suite_for_variety_orchestra.html

[@lotuschan55]

ㅁㅊ 그냥 우연히 들어왔는데 곡 좋네.

[@lotuschan55]

다몬아 이거 2번도 만들어줘

[@lotuschan55]

Damon J.H.K. 그나저나 호두까기 두번째 곡은 왜 소식이 읎어

[@lotuschan55]

그리고 폴카에서 트롬본 소리 좋음

[@lee-rn4rc]

2번보다 1번이. 더. 좋음

[@sneddypie]

that banjo tho lol

[@littlewishy6432]

Where?

[@spatrk6634]

@@littlewishy6432 its marked as "B-gio" in notation its following the piano so its harder to hear

[@littlewishy6432]

@@spatrk6634 I was talking about where in the music, not where on the score

[@sneddypie]

@@littlewishy6432 ok so i dont actually know if it's a banjo, it's marked chit. haw., i just found it funny in the fox trot

[@littlewishy6432]

@@sneddypie I think it's a “Hawaiian guitar,” or something. Not sure how common the instrument itself is, though.

[@cardboardtenshi1008]

What does this have to do with jazz

[@mason11198]

This is in the jazz style of the 30s. Foxtrots and whatnots. Music you can dance to. Not what we'd quite call jazz today

[@sneddypie]

@@mason11198 yeah

[@simonrobillard]

@@mason11198 Especially in the Soviet Union...

[@mason11198]

@@simonrobillard oh yeah that too lol, stalin couldn't accept spicy jazz

[@spatrk6634]

its ironicaly called that way because its not real jazz. it should be comedic. from classical perspective

[@TariqKhan-np2wx]

doesn't it sound like Kurt Weil!!!!

[@foid777]

Quite. Especially the bit at 6:30

[@h-ye7um]

" Oh its familia- wait, nevermind. "

[@leidannis9544]

Which year did this recording make?

[@nandoflorestan]

This recording made it all the way to this year, 2020, and probably beyond. It might survive us all.

[@AlonsoUnoPuntoCinco]

This was recorded in May 1991

[@timotejbernat462]

Great performance and upload, but the guitar player is awful in the foxtrot

[@SelectCircle]

Gack.