Benjamin Britten
An American Overture
for Orchestra - Score
Benjamin Britten
An American Overture
for Orchestra - Score
- Instrumentation Orchestra
- Composer Benjamin Britten
- Edition Score
- Publisher Faber Music
- Order no. 0571508073
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Description:
Written during Britten’s years in the USA (1939-1942) this atmospheric processional languished unperformed in a New York library until its discovery in 1976, the year of the composer’s death. It was finally premiered in Birmingham by Simon Rattle and shows the young composer paying a passing tribute to the musical styles prevalent in his country of residence, Instrumentation: 3(III=picc).3.3(III=bcl).3 – 4331 – timp – perc(2): BD+cym/tamb/SD/susp.cym/tam-t/t.bells/TD(if no small timp) – 2 harp(II=ad lib) – cel(=pno) – strings