general information

composition date
1940
duration
29 min
editor
Schott

type

Concertant music (Piano and chamber orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
piano

strings

information about the creation

date
March 10, 1943

Suisse, Winterthour

interpreters

Rudolf am Bach, piano ; Hermann Scherchen, direction — version de concert


date
November 20, 1946

États-Unis, New York, Central High School of Needle Trades 

interpreters

George Balanchine, chorégraphie ; New York City Ballet — version de ballet

Part titles

A. Theme
B. First Variation: Melancholic
C. Second Variation: Sanguine
D. Third Variation: Phlegmatic
E. Fourth Variation: Choleric


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