Research Catalog

Title

Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Gramavision, [1983], ℗1983.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Steiner, Nyle.
• Plantamura, Carol.
• Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009.
• Cage, John.
• Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
• Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003.
• Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
• Hughes, Robert, 1933-
• Ussachevsky, Vladimir, 1911-1990.
• Smit, Leo, 1921-1999.
• Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.

Description

1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo; 12 in.

Subjects

• Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
• Trombone with string orchestra
• Auden, W. H (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 > Musical settings
• Electronics with orchestra
• Quintets (Piano, bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn), Arranged

Note

• The 1st work for trombone, strings, dulcimers and psalteries; the 2nd, for electronic valve instrument, tape and chamber orchestra; the 3rd, arr. for winds and piano; the 4th, for histrionic voice, piano, clarinet, violoncello and percussion.
• The 3rd work conceived as a party game.
• The 4th work sung in English; words by W. H. Auden. Expanded version of 1982, with one extra section and nine connecting piano inerludes.
• Editions recorded: Peer International; ACA; Peters; C. Fischer.
• Program notes by Leo Smit on container.

Event (note)

• Recorded at Cooper Union Great Hall, New York City.

Contents

At the tomb of Charles Ives / Lou Harrison (3:40) -- Divertimento 1980-1981 / Vladimir Ussachevsky (13:38) -- Party pieces / John Cage, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Virgil Thomson ; [arr. Robert Hughes] (9:53) -- Academic graffiti / Leo Smit (9:00)

OCLC

• 10658807
• ocm10658807
• SCSB-3381325

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries