Our Town (suite based on music from the soundtrack of the 1940 film)
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Annotation
The score for Our Town was composed in 1940, the film getting its first showings in May of that year. Copland then prepared a short concert excerpt, which was first played on June 9 that year by the Columbia Broadcasting Symphony under Howard Barlow. This work is the revised version that was introduced on May 7, 1944, by the Boston Pops conducted by Leonard Bernstein, to whom the score is dedicated. Performance time: about 10 minutes.
Annotation last modified on 2014-11-14 15:52 UTC.
Relationships
| premiered in: | Boston, Massachusetts, United States (on 1944-05-07) |
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| composer: | Aaron Copland (composer) (from 1940 until 1944) |
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| dedicated to: | Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) |
| premiered by: | Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1944-05-07) Boston Pops Orchestra (on 1944-05-07) |
| publisher: | Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) |
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| work list entry: | https://www.aaroncopland.com/works/our-town-suite/ [info] |
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| is based on: | Our Town |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| 1967-10-02 – 1967-10-03 | Our Town Suite (arco 41.4) (Muisc from the Film Score) | London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland | 11:07 | |
| 2002-01-27 – 2002-02-03 | Suite from Our Town | Boston Metropolitan Orchestra, David Callahan | 12:37 | |
| Cowboys of the Sky | medley | Southwind | 9:19 | |
| Our Town | London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland | 11:05 | ||
| Our Town | Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin | 9:06 | ||
| Our Town (Suite for Orchestra) | Utah Symphony, Maurice Abravanel | 9:11 | ||
| Story of Our Town | partial | Lang Lang | 4:22 | |
| Wanted: Wanted Dead or Alive / Trittico / Proven Lands From "There Will Be Blood" / Our Town / Borinage December 1878 / Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Night Flight From "Swing Shift" | medley and partial | Troopers | 11:09 | |