Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

An Outdoor Overture (1938)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1938
    • Duration: 10 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Detailed formation
  • piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, 3 percussionists, celesta [ad lib.] , piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 16 December 1938
    Location:

    États-Unis, New York


    Performers:

    l'Orchestre de la High School of Music and Art, direction : Alexander Richter.

Observations

Arrangement pour orchestre d'harmonie, 1942, créé à New York, le 22 juin 1942, Goldman Band, direction : Aaron Copland.