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Ernst Bacon : Symphony


Publisher G Schirmer Inc
Category
Orchestra
Sub-Category Large Orchestra
Year Composed
1931
Duration 30 Minutes
Orchestration
2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.ssx+asx.2+cbn/4.4.3.1/timp.2perc/pf.cel.hp/str
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Programme Note

Digital perusal score available from SchirmerOnDemand
Premiere
January 5 1934
San Francisco Symphony
Issay Dobrowen, conductor
San Francisco, CA

Notes:
The composer was awarded a Pulitzer Fellowship in 1932 for this symphony.

The piano part is in movements III and IV. The C soprano saxophone part (in movement III) may be replaced by an instrument of similar range (eg. oboe played by the English horn player).

Movements:
I. Allegro
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Allegretto moderato
IV. Finale: Maestoso



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