Waltz No. 2 (de Meij)

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich (arr. Johan de Meij)

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General Info

Year:1956 / 1994
Duration: c. 3:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Jazz orchestra
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $108.00 | Score Only - $23.00

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Waltz No. 2 is the fifth movement from Johan de Meij's Jazz Suite No. 2, which in turn is an arrangement of Shostakovich's post-1956 Suite for Variety Orchestra.

Media

Audio CD: Arnhem Symphonic Winds (Johan de Meij, conductor) - 2012

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Richmond Hill (Ont., Can.) High School Symphonic Band (Helen Geng, conductor) - 9 May 2023
Florida Symphonic Winds (Clearwater) (Jeffrey Traster, conductor) - 16 July 2022
Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Robert Calonico, conductor) - 8 August 2021
University of Manitoba (Winnipeg) High School Invitational Band (Jacqueline Dawson, conductor) – 6 December 2019
Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.) Wind Symphony (Joseph Hermann, conductor) – 6 October 2019
Middlesex Concert Band (Wakefield, Mass.) (Mark E. Olson, conductor) – 2 June 2019
University of Colorado Boulder Symphonic Band (Brittan Braddock, conductor) – 22 February 2019
Northwest Missouri State University Wind Symphony (John Bell, conductor) – 19 February 2019
Washington Park High School (Racine, Wisc.) Wind Ensemble (John Schoettler, conductor) – 16 October 2018
Encore Winds (Traverse City, Mich.) (Timothy Topolewski, conductor) - 20 May 2018
Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Scott Rabeler, conductor) – 21 January 2018
Bixby Wind Ensemble (Bixby HS, Okla.) (Jeremy W. Parker, conductor) - 28 February 2016
Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota) Wind Orchestra (Karrin Meffert-Nelson, conductor) – 27 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 North Central Division Conference, Ames, Iowa)
Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble (Oneonta, N.Y.) (Scott Rabeler, conductor) - 3 May 2015
Gespielt von der Musikkapelle Eriskirch (Erik Manyak) - 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Waltz No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brown) (post 1956/2021)

All Wind Works

Allegro from "Symphony No. 10" (tr. Fisher) (1954/2010)
Ballet Suite #4 (arr. Pappajohn) (1953)
Batterie from "The Nose" (arr. Schaefer) (1928/1978)
Concertino (orch. Singleton) (1953/)
Dance I. See: Jazz Suite No. 2
Ein Volksfest (arr. Rembach) (1955/1995)
Ein Volksfest. See: Folk Festival
Excerpts from "Symphony No. 5" Finale (arr. Longfield) (1937/2007)
Festive Overture (arr. Frost) (1954/2016)
Festive Overture (tr. Hunsberger) (1954/1965)
Festive Overture (tr. Martin) (1954/2016?)
Festive Overture (tr. Patterson) (1954/)
Festive Overture (tr. Takahashi) (1954/1998)
The Fire of Eternal Glory (tr. Timothy Rhea) (1960/2011)
Fire of Eternal Glory (arr. Curnow) (1960/2011)
Folk Dances (tr. Reynolds) (1942/1979)
Folk Dances (arr. Erickson) (1942/1979)
Folk Dances (arr. Curnow) (1942/2000)
Folk Festival (tr. Hunsberger) (1955/1971)
Folk Festival. See also: Ein Volksfest
Fortinbras March from "Hamlet" (tr. Suchoff) (1932/1967)
The Gadfly (1955/)
The Gadfly (tr. Patterson) (1955/)
Galop (tr. Hunsberger) (1959/1971)
Galop (from "The Limpid Stream") (tr. Miller) (1935)
Hamlet Suite (tr. Suchoff) (1964/1975)
Intermezzo (arr. Cahn) (1928/1986/1994)
Jazz Suite No. 1 (1934)
Jazz Suite No. 2 (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
- March (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
- Lyric Waltz (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1995)
- Dance I (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
- Dance II (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
- Waltz No. 2 (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
- Finale (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
March (arr. Curnow) (2014)
March (arr. de Meij). See: Jazz Suite No. 2
March of the Soviet Militia (ed. Iakubov) (1970/2006)
October, Op 131 (arr. Mitchell) (1967)
Overture on Russian and Kirg (arr. Janssen)
Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Songs (tr. Duker) (1963/1989)
Overture to "The Gadfly" (arr. Geert Flik) (1955/2006)
Piano Concerto No 2 (tr. Pontini) (1957/2012)
Piano Concerto No 2 in F Major (arr. Bamonte)
Piano Trio No. 2 (arr. Graham)
Priest and His Servant Balda, The (1934)
Prelude, Op. 34, No. 14 (arr. Reynolds) (1988)
Prelude 21 and Fugue 1 (arr. McCullough) (1952/)
Prelude (Variations) from "Ballet Suite No. 4" (arr. Blankenship) (1953/)
Romance (arr. Peel) (1955/1985)
Spanish Dance from "The Gadfly" (arr. Curnow)
Suite for Jazz Orchestra no. 1. See: Jazz Suite No. 1
Symphony No. 1 (tr. Scarbrough) (1924-25)
Symphony No. 5, Mvmt I (tr. Schaeffer)
Symphony No. 5, Mvmt II (tr. Smith) (1937/1944)
Symphony No. 5: Finale (tr. Righter) (1937/1947)
Symphony No. 5, Mvmt IV (tr. Rogers) (1937/2003)
Symphony No. 5, Mvmt IV (tr. Bocook) (1937/2005)
Symphony No. 9 (arr. Mertens and Suykerbuyk) (1945/1986)
Symphony No. 9 (tr. Schaefer) (1945/1976)
Symphony No. 10, Mvt. II (tr. Fisher) (tr. Fisher) (1954/2010)
Symphony No. 10, Mvmt II (tr. O'Brien) (1954)
Symphony No. 11: Second Movement Excerpts (arr. Daehn) (1957/1989)
Tahiti Trot (tr. Brubaker) (1927/2009)
Three Symphonic Preludes (arr. Reed)
Two Scarlatti Pieces (1928)
Waltz No. 2 (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brown) (post 1956/2021)
Waltz No. 2 (arr. Connery) (post 1956/1996)
Waltz No. 2 (arr. Curnow) (post 1956/2010)
Waltz No. 2 (arr. De Meij). See: Jazz Suite No. 2

Resources

Shostakovich, D.; Meij, J. [1994]. Jazz Suite no 2: for Wind Orchestra: i.e. Symphonic Band: Waltz No. 2 [score]. Amstel Music: Amsterdam, The Netherlands.