general information

composition date
1947
duration
15 min
editor
Peters, San Antonio, Texas
Dedicatee
pour Lincoln Kirstein
Artistic collaboration(s)
chorégraphie de Merce Cunningham.

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Double wind orchestra)

detailed formation

2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes (also English horn), 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, percussionist, harp, piano (also celesta), 8 violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 3 cellos, 2 double basses

information about the creation

date
May 18, 1947

États-Unis, New York City, Ziegfeld Theatre

interpreters

le ballet de Merce Cunningham, mise en scène et costumes d'Isamu Noguchi.

Part titles

  • Prelude I
  • Winter
  • Prelude II
  • Spring
  • Prelude III
  • Summer
  • Prelude IV
  • Fall
  • Finale (Prelude I).

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