Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Preamble for a Solemn Occasion (1949)

for narrator and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date : 1949
    • Duration : 6 mn
    • Publisher : Boosey & Hawkes
    • Libretto (details, author) :

      partie de l'introduction de la Charte des Nations Unies

Detailed formation
  • soloist : narrator
  • 3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date : 10 December 1949
    Location :

    États-Unis, New York


    Performers :

    Laurence Olivier et l'Orchestre symphonique de Boston, direction : Leonard Bernstein.