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[[Samuel Barber]]'s '''Essay for Orchestra''' ([[opus number|op]]. 12), completed in the first half of [[1938]], is an orchestral work in one movement. It was given its first performance by [[Arturo Toscanini]] with the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] on November 5th, 1938 in New York in a radio broadcast concert where also the composer's [[Adagio for Strings]] saw its first performance. It lasts around 8 minutes and is dedicated "To C.E.". The essay is now known as the First Essay for Orchestra after Barber wrote his [[Second Essay for Orchestra (Barber)|Second Essay for Orchestra]] in 1942. |
[[Samuel Barber]]'s '''Essay for Orchestra''' ([[opus number|op]]. 12), completed in the first half of [[1938]], is an orchestral work in one movement. It was given its first performance by [[Arturo Toscanini]] with the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] on November 5th, 1938 in New York in a radio broadcast concert where also the composer's [[Adagio for Strings]] saw its first performance. It lasts around 8 minutes and is dedicated "To C.E.". The essay is now known as the First Essay for Orchestra after Barber wrote his [[Second Essay for Orchestra (Barber)|Second Essay for Orchestra]] in 1942. |
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Barber visited Toscanini several times in 1933 and the world famous conductor told Barber that he would like to perform one of his works. This was a great honor for the young composer, particularly because Toscanini rarely performed works |
Barber visited Toscanini several times in 1933 and the world famous conductor told Barber that he would like to perform one of his works. This was a great honor for the young composer, particularly because Toscanini rarely performed works by contemporary or American composers. Barber presented his work to Toscanini in 1938. |
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The Essay is abstract and [[program music|non-programmatic]]. It resembles but is not equivalent to a first movement of a symphony. |
The Essay is abstract and [[program music|non-programmatic]]. It resembles but is not equivalent to a first movement of a symphony. |
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Revision as of 02:26, 29 March 2010
Samuel Barber's Essay for Orchestra (op. 12), completed in the first half of 1938, is an orchestral work in one movement. It was given its first performance by Arturo Toscanini with the NBC Symphony Orchestra on November 5th, 1938 in New York in a radio broadcast concert where also the composer's Adagio for Strings saw its first performance. It lasts around 8 minutes and is dedicated "To C.E.". The essay is now known as the First Essay for Orchestra after Barber wrote his Second Essay for Orchestra in 1942.
Barber visited Toscanini several times in 1933 and the world famous conductor told Barber that he would like to perform one of his works. This was a great honor for the young composer, particularly because Toscanini rarely performed works by contemporary or American composers. Barber presented his work to Toscanini in 1938.
The Essay is abstract and non-programmatic. It resembles but is not equivalent to a first movement of a symphony.
Besides the world premiere in 1938, Toscanini also performed the music on January 24, 1942, in a special War Bonds performance that was preserved on transcription discs; Toscanini never made a commercial recording of the music. Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra recorded the music in 1942 for RCA Victor in the Academy of Music.