Shostakovich - Tahiti Trot
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love those chirruping wood-blocks at 2:00 - -so totally distinctive. it reminds me of the percussion writing in the 2nd Cello Concerto,15th Symphony etc.
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the piano player and i took so much time getting that sycopated eighth note line down
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3 people forgot to turn their speakers on!
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Stalin ate Shostakovich kidney.
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I can never tire of listening to this - wonderful!
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What do you expect him to look like? He had Stalin perched on his shoulder!
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What a genius!
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absolutely gorgeous...but...prefer it by a wind band as opposed to an orchestra :(
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i love this music
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In 1925 the musical No, No, Nanette by Vincent Youmans made its London and Broadway debuts.
Shostakovich wrote this piece in response to a challenge from conductor Nikolai Malko, After the two listened to the song on record at Malko's house, Malko bet 100 roubles that Shostakovich could not completely re-orchestrate the song from memory in under an hour, after having heard it just once. Shostakovich took him up and won, completing the orchestration in around 45 minutes.
Snowflake2217 1 year ago 26
I could hear a thousand times, and i would still love it; poor Shostakovitch: this man looks seriously drawn from.
Nevertheless he wrote/arranged such music.
Thank you, Mr.Shostakovitch, for this little masterpiece of instrumentation and all your other beautiful music!
sarastro1791 2 years ago 17