General information
Title CZJazzová suita
Subtitle CZpro malý orchestr
Title ENJazz Suite
Subtitle ENfor small orchestra
Title DEJazz-Suite
Subtitle DEfür kleines Orchester
Title FRJazz-suite [auth.]
Subtitle FRpour le petit orchestre
CategoryOrchestral Music
SubcategoryWorks for Chamber or Small Orchestra
Halbreich number172
Parts of the composition (movements)1. Prélude: Moderato poco allegro; 2. Musique d`entracte: Tempo di blues; 3: Musique d´entracte: Boston; 4. Finale. Allegro
Durata8' 45''
Instruments0111-0220-Pf-Vl-Vl-Vla-Vc
Origin
Place of compositionParis
Place of composition 2Polička
Year of origin1928
Initiation of composition06/1928
Completion of composition09/1928
First performance
Location of the first performanceBaden-Baden
Autograph deposition
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
DepositionČeské muzeum hudby
Note on the autograph depostitionAutograph score of movement No. 1, cover and movements II–IV at the National Museum – Czech Museum of Music in Prague.
Draft of "Finale" also located at the Bohuslav Martinu Centre in Polička.
Copyright
CopyrightSchott Music GmbH & Co.
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First edition
PublisherPanton
Place of issuePraha
Year of publication1970
Editions available at the BM Institute
Panton, Prague, 1970
Call number at the BM Institute: 1214 kp
Specification of the edition: 1st edition - pocket score
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Panton, Mainz, 1970
Call number at the BM Institute: 1214 p1, 1214 p2
Specification of the edition: Reprint of the 1st edition - pocket score
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Note VIOLONCELLO PART IS MISSING IN THE PRINTED AND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS (PANTON, SCHOTT)!
First and second movement completed on 07.06.1928 v Paris; the whole composition was finished on 08.09.1928 in Polička (source: Mihule 2002, p.163; in the autograph score: "Polička prázdniny [holidays] 1928").
About the composition

Martinů composed his Jazz Suite during 1928. He completed the first two movements of the work (1. Prélude: Moderato poco allegro, 2. Musique d'entracte: Tempo di blues) by June 7, 1928 in Paris. He then completed the entire composition on September 8, 1928, in Polička, where he added two more movements (3. Musique d'entracte: Boston, 4. Finale: Allegro). The first two movements were conceived as a septet. The other two were composed for a small orchestra. Although the composition is labeled as "jazz," it sticks to classical instruments and does not even use any percussion. The premiere took place in the German city Baden-Baden, but the exact year and performers are unknown. In the score published by Panton in 1970, the cello part is missing from page 38. The autograph score is stored at the Bohuslav Martinů Center in Polička.

Jaroslav Mihule, Martinů: Osud skladatele, Prague: Karolinum, 2002, p. 163.

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