Scherzo à la russe is a composition by Russian expatriate composer Igor Stravinsky.
It was initially published by Chappell & Co. in 1945 and premiered in March 1946 by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer himself.
The Scherzo à la russe was first conceived as a work for film use, as it was intended to be featured in The North Star.
When the film project was aborted, Stravinsky decided to re-orchestrate it for Paul Whiteman Band.
[4] This version for jazz orchestra was premiered in 1944 by Blue Network but, according to Stravinsky scholar Eric Walter White, it didn't seem to be a success.