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1949 compositions
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The list 1949 compositions includes
Piano Concerto (Poulenc), Symphony No. 2 (Bernstein), An Oxford Elegy and Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs.
The list consists of 11 members
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Piano Concerto (Poulenc)
concerto by Francis Poulenc
Overview: The Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, FP 146, by French composer Francis Poulenc is the last of his five concertos. Written in 1949 on commission from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, it has three movements ...
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2.Overview: An Oxford Elegy is a work for narrator, small mixed chorus and small orchestra, written by Ralph Vaughan Williams between 1947 and 1949. It uses portions of two poems by Matthew Arnold, "The Scholar Gipsy" ... 0
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Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
Composition by Leonard Bernstein
Overview: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs is a "written-out" jazz-in-concert-hall composition composed by Leonard Bernstein for a jazz ensemble featuring solo clarinet. 0
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Symphony No. 4 (Popov)
1949 symphony by Gavriil Popov
Overview: The Symphony No. 4, Op. 47, subtitled Glory to the Fatherland (Russian: Слава Отчизне, Slava Otchizne), was completed by Gavriil Popov in 1949. He began to compose it in May 1948, under the influence of ... 0
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Cello Sonata (Prokofiev)
composition for cello and piano by Sergei Prokofiev
Overview: The Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119, was composed by Sergei Prokofiev in 1949. The year before, Prokofiev was accused of formalism by the Zhdanov Decree and much of his music was banned. However, he ... 0
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Folk Songs of the Four Seasons
cantata by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Overview: Folk Songs of the Four Seasons is a cantata for women's voices with orchestra or piano by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams written in 1949. Based on English folk songs, some of which he had collected ... 0
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Symphony No. 2 (Bernstein)
symphony by Leonard Bernstein
Overview: Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety is a piece for orchestra and solo piano. The piece was composed from 1948 to 1949 in the United States and Israel, and was revised in 1965. It is titled ... 0
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Dance for Burgess
composition for chamber orchestra and percussion by Edgard VarèseOverview: Dance for Burgess is a lesser-known composition for chamber orchestra and percussion written by French composer Edgard Varèse. Composed for choreographer and dancer Burgess Meredith, it was completed in ... 0
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Piano Sonata (Barber)
composition for piano by Samuel BarberOverview: The Piano Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26, by the American composer Samuel Barber, was commissioned for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the League of Composers by American songwriters Irving Berlin and ... 0
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10.Overview: Livre pour quatuor (Book for quartet) is a composition for string quartet by Pierre Boulez. 0
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Spring Symphony
choral symphony in four movements by Benjamin BrittenOverview: Spring Symphony is a choral symphony by Benjamin Britten, his Opus 44. The work is scored for soprano, alto and tenor soloists, mixed choir, boys' choir and orchestra. Britten used texts of several poems ... 0
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