Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Our Town (1940)
music for the film by Sam Wood based on the play by Thornton Wilder, for orchestra
- General information
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Composition date :
1940
- Duration : 11 mn
- Editor : Boosey & Hawkes
- Dedication : à Leonard Bernstein
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Composition date :
1940
- Type
- Instrumental ensemble music [Triple wind orchestra (or larger)]
Detailed formation
- 3 flutes [ou 2] , 2 oboes [ou 1] , English horn, 3 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 3 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, glockenspiel, strings
Creation information
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Date :
7 May 1944
Location :(suite orchestrale), États-Unis, Boston
Performers :le Boston Pops Orchestra, direction : Leonard Bernstein.
Observations
arrangement pour violon et piano Story of Our Town, 1940 ; trois extraits arrangés pour piano, 1944 ; extraits inclus dans Music for Movies.