- General information
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Composition date:
1918 - 1922
Revision dates: 1929 , 1991
- Duration: 25 mn 35 s
- Publisher: Ricordi, révision et édition par Klaus Angermann, nº 135552, 1991
- Dedication: Aux amis inconnus du printemps de 1921
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Composition date:
1918 - 1922
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Triple wind orchestra (or larger)]
Detailed formation
- 3 piccolos, 4 flutes, 1 contrabass flute, 4 oboes, 1 English horn, 1 heckelphone, 2 Eb clarinets, 2 A clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 1 contrabass clarinet, 4 bassoons, 2 contrabassoons, 8 horns, 6 trumpets, 4 trombones, 1 bass trombone, 1 tuba, 2 contrabass tubas, 2 timpani, 13 percussionists, 2 harp, 16 violins, 16 second violins, 14 violas, 10 cellos, 10 double basses, 4 alto trombones [2 en mi b, 2 en ré, fanfare interne] , 2 trombones [fanfare interne] , 1 bass trombone [fanfare interne]
Premiere information
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Date:
9 April 1926
Location:Philadelphie
Performers:Leopold Stokowski : direction.
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Date:
30 May 1929
Location:Paris
Performers:Gaston Poulet : direction.
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Location:
Hambourg (pour la révision de Klaus Angermann)
Performers:Ingo Metzmacher, direction.
Observations
Voir la page concernant l'œuvre sur le site de Chou Wen-chung : http://www.chouwenchung.org/works/varese_1922_ameriques.php (lien vérifié en février 2009).
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