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Variations For Orchestra (Webern)
Variations for Orchestra may refer to: * an orchestral piece consisting of a set of variations, usually on a theme; ** Variations for Orchestra (1904) by Arnold Bax ** Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 (1926–28) by Arnold Schoenberg ** Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30 (1940) by Anton Webern ** Variations for Orchestra (1954) by Luigi Dallapiccola ** Variations for Orchestra (1954–55) by Elliott Carter ** Variations for Orchestra (1956) by Henry Cowell ** Orchestral Variations (Copland) (1957) by Aaron Copland ** Variations for Orchestra (1957/1960) by Ralph Vaughan Williams (originally composed as ''Variations for Brass Band'' and transcribed by Gordon Jacob) ** Variations: Aldous Huxley in memoriam (1963–64) by Igor Stravinsky ** Variations for Orchestra (1966) by Leslie Bassett ** Variations for Orchestra by Geoffrey Grey * '' Variations for Orchestra'', a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Stravinsky's 1964 composition See also * Symphonic Variations (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchestra
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, and double bass * woodwinds, such as the flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon * Brass instruments, such as the horn, trumpet, trombone, cornet, and tuba * percussion instruments, such as the timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, and mallet percussion instruments Other instruments such as the piano, harpsichord, and celesta may sometimes appear in a fifth keyboard section or may stand alone as soloist instruments, as may the concert harp and, for performances of some modern compositions, electronic instruments and guitars. A full-size Western orchestra may sometimes be called a or philharmonic orchestra (from Greek ''phil-'', "loving", and "harmony"). The actual number of musicians employ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cowell
Henry Dixon Cowell (; March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American composer, writer, pianist, publisher and teacher. Marchioni, Tonimarie (2012)"Henry Cowell: A Life Stranger Than Fiction" ''The Juilliard Journal''. Retrieved 19 June 2022.Campbell, Brett (2014)"Liberating Henry Cowell's Music at San Quentin" ''San Francisco Classical Voice''. Retrieved 19 June 2022. Earning a reputation as an extremely controversial performer and eccentric composer, Cowell became a leading figure of American avant-garde music for the first half of the 20th century — his writings and music serving as a great influence to similar artists at the time, including Lou Harrison, George Antheil, and John Cage, among others.Swed, Mark (2010)"Critic's notebook: Revelatory Henry Cowell revival at Lincoln Center" ''The Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved 19 June 2022. He is considered one of America's most important and influential composers. Cowell was mostly self-taught and developed a unique musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphonic Variations (other)
Symphonic Variations may refer to: * a musical composition consisting of a set of variations on a theme; ** ''Symphonic Variations'' (1875) by Johann von Herbeck ** '' Symphonic Variations on an Original Theme'', Op. 78, B. 70 (1877) by Antonín Dvořák ** '' Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra'' (1885) by César Franck ** ''Symphonic Variations'' (1897) by Hubert Parry ** ''Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra'' (1918) by Arnold Bax ** ''Variations Symphoniques for Cello and Orchestra, Op.23 (1893) by Léon Boëllmann'' ** ''Symphonic Variations'' (1931) by Mykola Kolessa ** ''Symphonic Variations on a Theme of Girolamo Frescobaldi'', Op. 20 (1935, rev. 1956, 1965) by Karl Höller ** ''Symphonic Variations for Piano'' (1935–37) by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji *** ''Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra'' (1935–37, 1953–56), Sorabji's orchestration of the first book of the three-volume ''Symphonic Variations for Piano'', preceded by a newly composed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variations For Orchestra (Balanchine)
''Variations for Orchestra'' is the last ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky's Variations: Aldous Huxley in memoriam (1963–64). The premiere took place on Friday, 2 July 1982 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. Original cast *Suzanne Farrell Suzanne Farrell (born August 16, 1945) is an American ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Farrell began her ballet training at the age of eight. In 1960, she received a scholarship t ... Reviews NY Times reviewby Jack Anderson, 4 July 1982 {{Balanchine ballets Ballets by George Balanchine Ballets to the music of Igor Stravinsky 1982 ballet premieres New York City Ballet Stravinsky Centennial Celebration New York City Ballet repertory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Grey
Geoffrey Grey (born 26 September 1934) is a British classical composer. Classical Composers. Retrieved 23 September 2013. Biography Geoffrey Grey was born in and lived on the edge of until the onset of the , when he was sent to to live with his paternal grandparents. A career as a concert violinist had ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variations For Orchestra (Bassett)
Variations for Orchestra is a single-movement composition for orchestra by the American composer Leslie Bassett. The piece was first performed in Rome in 1963 by the RAI National Symphony Orchestra under the conductor Ferruccio Scaglia. It was later given its United States premiere at the Philadelphia Academy of Music on October 22, 1965 by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy. The work was awarded the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music The Pulitzer Prize for Music is one of seven Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually in Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first given in 1943. Joseph Pulitzer arranged for a music scholarship to be awarded each year, and this was eventually converted i .... References Compositions by Leslie Bassett 1963 compositions Compositions for symphony orchestra Variations Pulitzer Prize for Music-winning works {{classical-composition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldous Huxley In Memoriam
Aldous () is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname *David Aldous (actor) * David Aldous, mathematician *David Aldous, stock car driver; see List of 2008 motorsport champions *J. E. P. Aldous, Canadian composer *Lucette Aldous, Australian ballerina * Montague Aldous, surveyor of the Northwest Territories * Peter Aldous (born 1961), British politician *Robert Aldous, actor * William Aldous, judge and arbitrator Given name *Aldous Harding Hannah Sian Topp (born 1990), known professionally as Aldous Harding, is a New Zealand folk singer-songwriter, based in Lyttelton, New Zealand. Biography Harding comes from a musical family in Lyttelton, New Zealand. Her mother is folk singer ..., singer-songwriter from New Zealand * Aldous Huxley, writer {{given name, type=both Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over sixty years. Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk-song, his output marked a decisive break in British music from its German-dominated style of the 19th century. Vaughan Williams was born to a well-to-do family with strong moral views and a progressive social life. Throughout his life he sought to be of service to his fellow citizens, and believed in making music as available as possible to everybody. He wrote many works for amateur and student performance. He was musically a late developer, not finding his true voice until his late thirties; his studies in 1907–1908 with the French composer Maurice Ravel helped him clarify the textures of his music and free it from Music of Germany, Teutonic influences. Vaughan Williams i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchestral Variations (Copland)
The Piano Variations of American composer Aaron Copland were written for piano solo from January to October 1930. They were dedicated to American writer and literary critic Gerald Sykes (c. 1904–1984), and were originally published in 1932 by Cos Cob Press, which merged with Arrow Music Press in 1938 and was taken over by Boosey & Hawkes in 1956. The approximate performance time is 11 minutes. Background The Piano Variations were a product of Copland's second-style period, also called the abstract period, which consisted only of instrumental (non-vocal) compositions. During this time, the composer moved away from the jazzy idioms he experimented with in the 1920s and started working more in the direction of absolute music. The influence of composition pedagogue Nadia Boulanger, with whom Copland studied in Paris at the Fontainebleau School of Music for Americans, is prevalent in the formal style, logic, patterns, and attention to detail in the Piano Variations and other works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variations For Orchestra (Cowell)
Henry Cowell wrote his ''Variations for Orchestra'', HC 833, in 1956. History Henry Cowell was commissioned for an orchestral composition by Thor Johnson and the Cincinnati Orchestra; was completed in August 1956 and subsequently revised for conductor Leopold Stokowski, before he conducted it in Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ... in 1959. It was written during Cowell's final musical period in Woodstock, New York, having accepted too many commissions at the time because of his constant anxiety about not receiving an adequate income. Composition The piece uses a serialist tone row as its theme, one of the few Cowell compositions to do so. Cowell said of the theme that, though it makes use of all twelve notes in the chromatic scale, it is not developed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called composers. Composers of primarily songs are usually called songwriters; with songs, the person who writes lyrics for a song is the lyricist. In many cultures, including Western classical music, the act of composing typically includes the creation of music notation, such as a sheet music "score," which is then performed by the composer or by other musicians. In popular music and traditional music, songwriting may involve the creation of a basic outline of the song, called the lead sheet, which sets out the melody, lyrics and chord progression. In classical music, orchestration (choosing the instruments of a large music ensemble such as an orchestra which will play the different parts of music, such as the melody, accompaniment, counte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliott Carter
Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer. One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra-modernism" into a distinctive style with a personal harmonic and rhythmic language, after an early neoclassical phase. His compositions are performed throughout the world, and include orchestral, chamber music, solo instrumental, and vocal works. The recipient of many awards, Carter was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Born in New York City, Carter had developed an interest in modern music in the 1920s. He was later introduced to Charles Ives, and he soon came to appreciate the American ultra-modernists. After studying at Harvard University with Edward Burlingame Hill, Gustav Holst and Walter Piston, he studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the 1930s, then returned to the United States. Carter was productive in his later years, pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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