List of jazz-influenced classical compositions
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The following is a list of jazz-influenced classical compositions. Classical music has often incorporated elements or material from popular music of the composer's time. Jazz has influenced classical music, particularly early and mid-20th-century composers, including Maurice Ravel.
Composer | Date | Work |
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George Antheil | 1922 1925 1948 |
Jazz Sonata, for piano A Jazz Symphony Piano Sonata No. 4 "Jazz" |
Malcolm Arnold | 1954 1959 1974 |
Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra, Op. 46 , Op. 67 Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 115 |
Larry Austin | 1960 1961 1971 |
Fantasy on a Theme by Berg, for jazz orchestra: 5 saxs, 5 tpts, 4 trbns, perc set, pno, db Improvisations for Orchestra and Jazz Soloists (tpt or alt sax; perc set, db) Agape Set, for jazz orchestra: 5 saxs, 5 tpts, 4 trbns, perc set, pno, db |
Milton Babbitt | 1957 | All Set |
Leonardo Balada | 2007 | Caprichos No. 4 "Quasi Jazz", for solo contrabass and chamber orchestra |
Don Banks | 1962 | Trio for horn, violin, and piano |
Leonard Bernstein | 1941–42 1944 1948–49/1965 1949 1954 |
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Fancy Free Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" |
Harrison Birtwistle | 1995 | Panic, for alto saxophone, jazz drum kit and orchestra |
Boris Blacher | 1946 1958 1966 1972 1972 |
, Op. 56 for string quartet and jazz ensemble for 12 cellos , for jazz ensemble and string orchestra |
Marc Blitzstein | 1936–37 1946–48 |
The Cradle Will Rock Regina |
Claude Bolling | 1975 1975 1977 1978 1980 1981 1983 1984 1987 1989 |
Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio |
Aaron Copland | 1920–21 1925 1926 1946 1947–48 1961 |
Three Moods for piano Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Something Wild, film score |
Harold Farberman | 1980–83 | Concerto for Jazz Drummer and Orchestra |
George Gershwin | 1922 1924 1925 1926 1928 1931 1932 1933–34 1935 1937 |
Blue Monday Rhapsody in Blue Concerto in F Three Preludes An American in Paris Second Rhapsody Cuban Overture Variations on "I Got Rhythm" Porgy and Bess Hoctor's Ballet |
Morton Gould | 1934 1938 1943 |
Chorale and Fugue in Jazz American Symphonette No. 2 Boogie Woogie Etude (for solo piano) |
Hans Werner Henze | 1951 1956–57 1968 |
Boulevard Solitude Ondine |
Paul Hindemith | 1922 | |
Arthur Honegger | 1921–22 1924 1929 |
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John Ireland | 1930 | Piano Concerto |
Scott Joplin | 1903 1911 |
A Guest of Honor Treemonisha |
Ernst Krenek | 1926 | Jonny spielt auf |
Constant Lambert | 1927 1927 1928–29 1930–31 1949 |
The Rio Grande Piano Sonata Trois pièces nègres pour les touches blanches |
Rolf Liebermann | 1954 | |
Frank Martin | 1940 1956 |
Ballade for trombone and piano Études for string orchestra ("Pour le pizzicato") |
Bohuslav Martinů | 1927 1928 |
La revue de cuisine Jazz Suite |
Darius Milhaud | 1920 1922 1923 |
, Op. 68, for piano , Op. 78, for piano La création du monde[1] |
Robert Morris | 1973 | |
Krzysztof Penderecki | 1971 | , for free-jazz orchestra |
Walter Piston | 1954 | Symphony No. 5 |
Serge Prokofiev | 1921 1944 |
Piano Concerto No. 3 (2nd mvt) Symphony No. 5 (2nd mvt) |
Maurice Ravel | 1923–27 1929–31 1929–31 |
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Piano Concerto in G |
Erwin Schulhoff | 1921 1927 1935 |
Suite for Chamber Orchestra Violin Sonata No. 2 H.M.S. Royal Oak |
Gunther Schuller | 1959 1960 1962 |
Concertino for jazz quartet and orchestra Variants for jazz quartet and orchestra Journey into Jazz for jazz quintet and chamber orchestra |
Mátyás Seiber | 1929 1932 1959 |
Jazzolette No. 1, for 2 saxophones, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, and drums Jazzolette No. 2, for 2 saxophones, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, and drums Improvisations for Jazz Band and Orchestra (with John Dankworth) |
John Serry, Sr. | 1955 1964 |
American Rhapsody for solo Accordion, revised for Piano in 2002 Concerto For Free Bass Accordion for solo Accordion, revised for Piano in 2002 |
Dmitri Shostakovich | 1927 1934 1938 |
Tahiti Trot (based on Tea For Two) Suite for Jazz Orchestra Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra |
Elie Siegmeister | 1956 | Clarinet Concerto |
William Grant Still | 1924 1927 1930 1930 1930 1934 1935 1935 1936 1937 1937 1940 1941 1945 1947 1948 1957 1958 1963 |
Darker America La Guiablesse Sahdji Africa Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" Blue Steel Kaintuck Three Visions Troubled Island Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race" Lenox Avenue Miss Sally's Party A Bayou Legend Symphony No. 5 "Western Hemisphere" Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous" Miniatures The American Scene Symphony No. 3 "The Sunday Symphony" Highway 1 USA |
Karlheinz Stockhausen | 1950 1951 1951 1955–57 1959 1959 1958–60 1965 1974–75 1983 |
Drei Lieder Sonatine for violin and piano Kreuzspiel Gruppen Zyklus Refrain Kontakte Mikrophonie II Tierkreis Luzifers Tanz |
Igor Stravinsky | 1917–18 1918 1919 1936–37/53 1944 1945 |
Histoire du soldat Piano-Rag-Music Scherzo à la russe Ebony Concerto |
Dana Suesse | 1931 1932 1933 1941 1955 |
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Michael Tippett | 1970–72 | Symphony No. 3 |
Mark-Anthony Turnage | 1993–96 1996–2001 |
Blood on the Floor, for jazz quartet and large ensemble Scorched, for jazz trio and orchestra |
William Walton | 1922 1925 |
Façade Portsmouth Point (overture) |
Kurt Weill | 1928 | The Threepenny Opera |
Alec Wilder | 1939–41 | |
Stefan Wolpe | 1950 | Quartet for trumpet, tenor saxophone, percussion, and piano |
Bernd Alois Zimmermann | 1954 1967 |
Trumpet Concerto: "Nobody knows de trouble I see" for trumpet in C and jazz orchestra Die Befristeten for jazz quintet |
References[]
- ^ "Classical Arts". Center for Jazz Arts. Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
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