List of jazz-influenced classical compositions

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. "While Western classical music emphasizes structure, written scores, and faithful interpretation, jazz thrives on improvisation, spontaneity, and individual expression." Classical music is "more refined and structured", "complex and intricate"; whereas jazz music is "more spontaneous and free-flowing", "upbeat and lively." ComposerDateWork George Antheil 192219251948 Jazz Sonata, for pianoA Jazz SymphonyPiano Sonata No. 4 "Jazz" Malcolm Arnold 195419591974 Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra, Op. 46Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, Op. 67Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 115 Larry Austin 196019611971 Fantasy on a Theme by Berg, for jazz orchestra: 5 saxs, 5 tpts, 4 trbns, perc set, pno, dbImprovisations 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 Bill Evans 19581979Peace PieceWe Will Meet Again Don Banks1962Trio for horn, violin and piano Leonard Bernstein 1941–4219441948–49/19651949195419571995 Sonata for Clarinet and PianoFancy FreeSymphony No. 2, The Age of AnxietyPrelude, Fugue and RiffsSerenade after Plato's "Symposium"West Side StoryWest Side Story Suite Harrison Birtwistle 1995 Panic, for alto saxophone, jazz drum kit and orchestra Boris Blacher 19461958196619721972 Concerto for Jazz OrchestraDie Gesänge des Seeräubers O'Rourke und seiner Geliebten Sally Brown, beide auf das Felseneiland En Vano Anhelar verschlagen, Op. 56Plus Minus One for string quartet and jazz ensembleBlues, Espagnola und Rumba philharmonica for 12 cellosStars and Strings, for jazz ensemble and string orchestra Marc Blitzstein 1936–371946–48 The Cradle Will RockRegina Claude Bolling 1975197519771978198019811983198419871989 Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano TrioConcerto for Guitar and Jazz Piano TrioSuite for Violin and Jazz Piano TrioCalifornia SuitePicnic Suite for Guitar, Flute and Jazz Piano TrioToot SuiteSuite for Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Piano TrioSuite for Cello and Jazz Piano TrioSuite No. 2 for Flute and Jazz Piano TrioSonatas for Two Pianists Aaron Copland 1920–211925192619461947–4819491961 Three Moods for pianoMusic for the TheaterConcerto for Piano and OrchestraDanzón cubanoConcerto for Clarinet and OrchestraFour Piano BluesSomething Wild, film score Valeri Ibrahimovitsj Saparov 2010 24 Jazz Preludes for pianoJazz Pieces by Uzbek Composers: Analysis of Jazz Techniques in 24 Preludes by V. Saparov Claude Debussy 1905 "Reflets dans l'eau" Andrei Eshpai 1969 Thee Prelude Jazz Melodie for Piano Harold Farberman 1980–83 Concerto for Jazz Drummer and Orchestra George Gershwin 19221924192519261928193119321933–3419351937 Blue MondayRhapsody in BlueConcerto in FThree PreludesAn American in ParisSecond RhapsodyCuban OvertureVariations on "I Got Rhythm"Porgy and BessHoctor's Ballet William Gillock 1968 Three Jazz Piano Preludes (for solo piano) Morton Gould 1934193819381941 Chorale and Fugue in JazzAmerican Symphonette No. 2Boogie Woogie Etude (for solo piano)Boogie the Woogie (for solo piano) Louis Gruenberg 192519301928 Jazzberries op.25Jazz Masks op.30ASix Jazz Epigrams op.30B Hans Werner Henze 19511956–571968 Boulevard SolitudeOndineVersuch über Schweine Paul Hindemith 1922 Suite für Klavier Arthur Honegger 1921–22 1924 1929 Sonatine, for clarinet (or cello) and piano Concertino for Piano and Orchestra Concerto for Cello and Orchestra John Ireland 1930 Piano Concerto James P. Johnson 1927 Yamekraw, a Negro Rhapsody Scott Joplin 19031911 A Guest of HonorTreemonisha Ernst Krenek 1926 Jonny spielt auf, opera Constant Lambert 192719271928–291930–311949 Elegiac BluesThe Rio GrandePiano SonataConcerto for Piano and Nine Players Trois pièces nègres pour les touches blanches Rolf Liebermann 1954 Concerto for Jazzband and Symphony Orchestra Frank Martin 19401956 Ballade for trombone and pianoÉtudes for string orchestra ("Pour le pizzicato") Bohuslav Martinů 19271928 La revue de cuisineJazz Suite Darius Milhaud 1920 1922 1923 Caramel Mou, Op. 68, for piano Trois rag caprices, Op. 78, for piano La création du monde Robert Morris 1973 Not Lilacs Robert Muczynski 1996 Desperate Measures (Paganini Variations) Op.46 Krzysztof Penderecki 1971 Actions, for free-jazz orchestra Walter Piston 1954 Symphony No. 5 Sergei Prokofiev 19211944 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 Sergei Rachmaninoff 1926 1934 Piano Concerto No.4 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Nikolai Kapustin 1988 Twenty-Four Preludes for Piano Op.53 Erwin Schulhoff 192119271935 Suite for Chamber OrchestraViolin Sonata No. 2H.M.S. Royal Oak Gunther Schuller 195919601962 Concertino for jazz quartet and orchestraVariants for jazz quartet and orchestraJourney into Jazz for jazz quintet and chamber orchestra Mátyás Seiber 192919321959 Jazzolette No. 1, for 2 saxophones, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, and drumsJazzolette No. 2, for 2 saxophones, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, and drumsImprovisations for Jazz Band and Orchestra (with John Dankworth) John Serry Sr. 19551964 American Rhapsody for solo accordion, revised for piano in 2002Concerto for Free Bass Accordion for solo accordion, revised for piano in 2002 Dmitri Shostakovich 192719341938 "Tahiti Trot" (based on "Tea for Two")Suite No. 1 for Jazz Orchestra Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra Elie Siegmeister 1956 Clarinet Concerto William Grant Still 1924192719301930193019341935193519361937193719401941194519471948195719581963 Darker AmericaLa GuiablesseSahdjiAfricaSymphony No. 1 "Afro-American"Blue SteelKaintuckThree VisionsTroubled IslandSymphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race"Lenox AvenueMiss Sally's PartyA Bayou LegendSymphony No. 5 "Western Hemisphere"Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous"MiniaturesThe American SceneSymphony No. 3 "The Sunday Symphony"Highway 1 USA Karlheinz Stockhausen 1950195119511955–57195919591958–6019651974–75 1983Drei Lieder Sonatine for violin and pianoKreuzspielGruppenZyklusRefrainKontakteMikrophonie IITierkreis Luzifers Tanz Igor Stravinsky 1917–18191819191936–37/5319441945 Ragtime for 11 instrumentsL'Histoire du soldatPiano-Rag-MusicPraeludiumScherzo à la russeEbony Concerto Dana Suesse 19311932193319411955 Jazz NocturneConcerto in Three RhythmsSymphonic WaltzesConcerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Jazz Concerto Michael Tippett 1970–72 Symphony No. 3 Mark-Anthony Turnage 1993–961996–2001 Blood on the Floor, for jazz quartet and large ensembleScorched, for jazz trio and orchestra William Walton 19221925 Façade Portsmouth Point (overture) Kurt Weill 1928 The Threepenny Opera Earl Wild 1973 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin Alec Wilder 1939–41 Octets Stefan Wolpe 1950 Quartet for trumpet, tenor saxophone, percussion, and piano Bernd Alois Zimmermann 19541967 Trumpet Concerto: "Nobody knows de trouble I see" for trumpet in C and jazz orchestraDie Befristeten for jazz quintet

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