Stravinsky, Igor: Scherzo a la Russe (1944) 4'
Scoring
Original version for jazz orchestra: 2.1.0.2asax.2tsax.barsax.0-1.3.3.1-timp.perc-guitar-harp-pft- strings (4.0.2.1.1) Symphonic version:(1945) 3.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(4)-harp-pft-strings
Repertoire Note
An aborted film score, for a wartime story with a Russian setting, resulted in this Russian-sounding scherzo.
Reproduction Rights
This programme note can be reproduced free of charge in concert programmes with a credit to Boosey & Hawkes/Joseph Horowitz.
Scoring
Original version for jazz orchestra: 2.1.0.2asax.2tsax.barsax.0-1.3.3.1-timp.perc-guitar-harp-pft- strings (4.0.2.1.1) Symphonic version:(1945) 3.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(4)-harp-pft-strings
Repertoire Note
An aborted film score, for a wartime story with a Russian setting, resulted in this Russian-sounding scherzo.
Reproduction Rights
This programme note can be reproduced free of charge in concert programmes with a credit to Boosey & Hawkes/Joseph Horowitz.
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