Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Statements (1935)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1935
    • Duration: 19 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 9 January 1936
    Location:

    États-Unis, Minneapolis


    Performers:

    l'Orchestre symphonique de Minneapolis, direction : Eugene Ormandy (les deux derniers mouvements seulement) ; création complète le 7 janvier 1942 à New York par l'Orchestre philharmonique de New York, direction : Dimitri Mitropoulos.

Table of contents

  1. Militant ;
  2. Cryptic ;
  3. Dogmatic ;
  4. Subjective ;
  5. Jingo ;
  6. Prophetic.