The Symphony No. 8 by Walter Piston is a symphony dating from 1965. The Boston Symphony Orchestra commissioned the Eighth Symphony and gave its first performance...
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(Myaskovsky) Symphony No. 8 (Penderecki), "Lieder der Vergänglichkeit" Symphony No. 8 (Pettersson), a symphony by Allan Pettersson Symphony No. 8 (Piston) Symphony...
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The Symphony No. 6 by Walter Piston was completed in 1955. Piston composed the symphony to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
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Symphony No. 4 may refer to: Symphony No. 4 (Abel) (Op. 1, WK 4) by Carl Friedrich Abel Symphony No. 4 (Aho) [nl] by Kalevi Aho (1972–3) Symphony No. 4...
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the Piston Room, at the Boston Public Library. The Incredible Flutist (1938) Symphonies Symphony No. 1 (1937) Symphony No. 2 (1943) Symphony No. 3 (1946–47)...
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The Symphony No. 1 by Walter Piston was completed in 1937. By the time Piston finished his first symphony, he was 43 years old. It was premiered on April...
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The Symphony No. 7 by Walter Piston is a symphony dating from 1960. Piston's Seventh Symphony was commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association...
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The Symphony No. 4 by Walter Piston is a symphony dating from 1950. Piston composed his Fourth Symphony on commission from the University of Minnesota...
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The Symphony No. 5 by Walter Piston was composed in 1954. Piston's Fifth Symphony was commissioned by the Juilliard School of Music on the occasion of...
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Symphony No. 2 by Walter Piston is a symphony composed in 1943. Piston's Second Symphony was commissioned by the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University...
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Walter Piston, Aaron Copland – Spirit of the American Range". "COPLAND, A.: Symphony No. 3 / 3 Latin American Sketches (Detroit Symphony, Slatkin) - 8.559844"...
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Carol J. (29 March 2011). "American Symphony Orchestra - Concert Notes: Walter Piston (1894–1976)". American Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 22 October 2016...
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closely related to Piston's Fourth Symphony. The quartet is in four movements: Soave ( ) Adagio (9/8) Leggero vivace (2/4) Con fuoco (6/8) The first movement...
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composer of 3 symphonies Walter Piston (1894–1976), American composer of 8 symphonies and a sinfonietta—see Category of Piston symphonies. Erwin Schulhoff...
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No. 7, Symphony No. 8, Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester; Walter Piston: Symphony No. 5, Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney; Walter Piston: Concerto...
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clarinetist Donald Wendlant and the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra. It consists of a single movement composed by Piston in four variations without theme: Variation...
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Sowerby, The Canticle of the Sun 1947: Charles Ives, Symphony No. 3 1948: Walter Piston, Symphony No. 3 1949: Virgil Thomson, Louisiana Story, film score...
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amount from Piston and Copland, as well as from the composer's experience as a dance band arranger." The work is in four movements: Adagio = 48, 3/8 — Allegro...
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Edward McDowell. The orchestra also performed the U.S. premiere of the Symphony No. 5 of Gustav Mahler. For three years, the orchestra was disbanded due...
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but some, especially older horns, use piston valves (similar to a trumpet's) and the Vienna horn uses double-piston valves, or pumpenvalves. The backward-facing...
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Michael Tilson Thomas (category London Symphony Orchestra principal conductors)
Conducting San Francisco Symphony, performing Mahler: Symphony No. 8. 2006 Conducting San Francisco Symphony, performing Mahler: Symphony No. 7. 2004 Conducting...
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ISBN 3-89409-063-4. Walter Piston (1955), Orchestration, W. W. Norton, 55. Ludwig van Beethoven, ed. Elliot Forbes (1971), Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Norton...
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Gustav Mahler were particularly innovative; in his later symphonies, such as the mammoth Symphony No. 8, Mahler pushes the furthest boundaries of orchestral...
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Lycoming O-320 (category 1950s aircraft piston engines)
grade 100/130 or 91/96 avgas, compression ratio 8.50:1. Same as A1A but with high compression pistons. O-320-B1B 160 hp (119 kW) at 2700 rpm, Minimum...
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legno tratto, stroking the strings with the wood of their bows (Piston 1955, 22). Symphony No. 2 in C minor, first movement, bars 304–306, all the strings...
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Leroy Anderson (category Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Heilman, orchestration with Edward B. Hill and Walter Piston, composition, also with Piston, and double bass with Gaston Dufresne. He also studied organ...
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Lento, = 48 (5/8) Ledin, Victor; Ledin, Marina. "Liner Notes to Naxos 8.559003 (Piston: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Fantasia for Violin". Archived from...
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No. 5 (1947–1964) Symphony No. 6 (1951) Symphony No. 7 (1957) Symphony No. 8 (1958–1960) Symphony No. 9 (1985) Symphony No. 10 (1987/2000) Symphony No...
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Harold Shapero (category Pupils of Walter Piston)
Masterwork, Harold Shapero's Symphony for Classical Orchestra". Chapter 8 in Howard Pollack, Harvard Composers: Walter Piston and His Students.[full citation...
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meant a narrower bore between 10.8 and 11.0 mm (0.425–0.433 in) and, in many earlier models, a removable set of piston valves which could be replaced by...
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