Concerto for Orchestra: Full Score

Published by Associated Music Publishers, Inc., 1972

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viii, 189 pp. Yellow paper covers, comb binding. Very light wear to extremities. Clean without marks, internally. Plate AMP-7011. Prefatory matter includes a Foreword by the composer; excerpts from the poem by St. John Perse, Winds (Vents) that lie at the conception of the concerto, in French and English; more description of the sections of music and it's relation to the text by E.C.; Instrumentation, Performance Notes; and Stereo Seating Diagram. The Conerto for Orchestra was commissioned for the 125th anniversary of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. It was premiered by Leonard Bernstein and the orchestra at Philharmonic Hall in New York City on February 5, 1975. ". . . We had a rendezvous with the end of an age, And here we are, close-lipped, among you. And the Wind with us--drunk with a principle bitter and strong as ivy wine. Not summoned in conciliation, but irritable and singing to you: I will irritate the marrow in your bones."--from St. John Perse 2.10.

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Bibliographic details

Title
Concerto for Orchestra: Full Score
Author
Carter, Elliott
Publisher
Associated Music Publishers, Inc.
Publication year
1972
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Near Fine
Binding
Comb
Item weight
2.1 pounds
Dimensions
13.25 inches width by 10.25 inches height by 0.7 inches depth
Seller catalogs
Elliott Carter, Orchestral Music

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