Dmitri Shostakovich - Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)

Tahiti Trot, Op. 16, is Dmitri Shostakovich's 1927 orchestration of an arrangement of "Tea for Two" from the musical No, No, Nanette by Vincent Youmans.

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[richardzuelch]

In 1927, the 21-year-old Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and a friend of his, the conductor Nicolai Malko (1883-1961) were sitting around listening to music. One of the songs they heard was a recording of the Vincent Youmans tune, "Tea for Two." Malko bet Shostakovich 100 roubles that he couldn't write an arrangement of the song, from memory, in less than an hour. Shostakovich went into the next room and - 45 minutes later - emerged with the arrangement you're now hearing. Needless to say, he collected his 100 roubles from Malko. An interesting early novelty item from one of the 20th century's greatest composers.

[PM-rpbl]

I never thought I'd ever call a classical piece "cute, " and a Shostakovich piece, no less, but here we are! (Adorable in the best way, of course)

[phaffner]

My Papa' s favorite song. The orchestration is beautiful and so very feeling. How I miss him so. My Papa, my best friend.

[MrMooseMusic]

This is a whole movie in itself. Masterful.

[thomasmancinelli]

Nothing more relaxing and comforting for this time and for the historical moment that we are living now

[juliee]

Crazy, you would never expect such a lighthearted piece from Shostakovich!

[JohnFromRI]

Vincent Youmans, a brilliant Broadway Composer, wrote the original song in the 1920s for the show, "No, No, Nanette."

[lyl]

He finally doesn't look pissed off!

[JasonMarsalis]

An underrated version of “Tea for Two” is from the complete Duke Ellington 1956 Live at Newport. Yeah, THAT concert.

[camillebouchard]

There are the unfamiliar composers, but there also has tunes which we do not know the name of the composer. This is the case of this arrangement for orchestra of Tea for two (song from the musical No No Nanette) composed by Shostakovich in 45 minutes ... Not bad, right? unfamiliar

[iconoclastforever]

By my count, the basic theme of this work was repeated 12 times, with first cycle at 0:00, then repeating at 0:29, 0:44, 0:56, 1:22, 1:35, 1:48, 2:12, 2:19, 2:25, 2:36, 2:49, and the coda repeat at 3:01 lasting 25 seconds more to the finale. Prokofiev's and Shostakovich's life spans overlapped, I think Shostakovich was the greater of the two, and Tea for Two helps make the case.

[thefrankonion]

Stravinsky quoted Tea for Two at the end of one of his symphonies.

[adrianoseresi]

Mind you, this is the same guy who wrote that morbidly obsessed, dread-inducing 15th string quartet. What can I say; human psychology is complicated ʅ（◞‿◟）ʃ

[cutie-tchaikovsky-pie]

+TheWickedNorth who is conducting this?

[jsbrules]

Well I love Shostakovich, and this is amusing, but if you want to hear really creative "arrangements" of Tea for Two, I recommend listening to some of Art Tatum's versions. And he didn't need 45 minutes to orchestrate an arrangement, he improvised at the piano.

[yurgunkus]

What's the instrument that begins at 0:18 ?

[AmyAmy-erbp]

Shostakovich?aha... Now u... xaxa tents XO....

[AndreyRubtsovRU]

Unimportant arrangement from Shostakovich, not even too talanted. Stop considering everything by him a masterpiece.