George Antheil (1900-1959)

Tom Sawyer Overture (1949)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1949
    • Duration: 7 mn
    • Publisher: Schirmer
    • Commission: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, pour son 70e anniversaire
Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 18 February 1950
    Location:

    États-Unis, St Louis


    Performers:

    St. Louis Symphony Orchestra ; Vladimir Golschmann, direction.