Posted on 11/27/2015 12:59:54 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Walter Piston Symphony No 5. Full. HQ
I Lento, allegro con spirito 0:00
II Adagio 8:48
III Allegro 16:53
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Walter Hamor Piston Jr, (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976), was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University. His students included Leroy Anderson, Leonard Bernstein and Elliott Carter.
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Symphony No. 5 (Piston)
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The Symphony No. 5 by Walter Piston was composed in 1954.
History
Piston's Fifth Symphony was commissioned by the Juilliard School of Music on the occasion of their 50th anniversary. It was completed in 1954, but premiered only on February 24, 1956 by the Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by Jean Morel. The program also included premieres of works by Peter Mennin, Lukas Foss, Milton Babbitt, Irving Fine, Ross Lee Finney, and William Schuman (Pollack 1982, 117).
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