general information

composition date
1918-1922
revisition date
1929, 1991
duration
25 min
editor
Ricordi
Dedicatee
Aux amis inconnus du printemps de 1921

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Triple wind orchestra (or larger))

detailed formation

3 piccolos, 4 flutes, contrabass flute, 4 oboes, English horn, heckelphone, 2 Eb clarinets, 2 A clarinets, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, 4 bassoons, 2 contrabassoons, 8 horns, 6 trumpets, 4 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, 2 contrabass tubas, 2 timpani, 13 percussionists, 2 harp, 16 violins, 16 second violins, 14 violas, 10 cellos, 10 double basses, 4 alto trombones [2 en mi b, 2 en ré, fanfare interne], 2 trombones [fanfare interne], bass trombone [fanfare interne]

information about the creation

date
April 9, 1926

Philadelphie

interpreters

Leopold Stokowski : direction.


date
May 30, 1929

Paris

interpreters

Gaston Poulet : direction.


Hambourg (pour la révision de Klaus Angermann)

interpreters

Ingo Metzmacher, direction.

observations

Voir la page concernant l'œuvre sur le site de Chou Wen-chung : http://www.chouwenchung.org/works/varese_1922_ameriques.php (lien vérifié en février 2009).


recordings

Go to the media page

complete.mp3

Composed by Edgard Varèse , concert on February 8, 1990

Go to the media page

AmeriquesExtrait.mp3

Composed by Edgard Varèse


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