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Louisiana story : suite for orchestra / Virgil Thomson.
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
- Series:
- G. Schirmer's edition of scores of orchestral works and chamber music ; no. 49.
- G. Schirmer's edition of scores of orchestral works and chamber music ; no. 49
- Standardized Title:
- Louisiana story. Selections; arranged
- Subjects (All):
- Suites (Orchestra)--Scores.
- Suites (Orchestra).
- Genre:
- Suites.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (82 pages) ; 27 cm.
- Contained In:
- Eugene Ormandy Collection of Scores. Box 397.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : G. Schirmer, [1949]
- Contents:
- Pastorale : The bayou and the marsh buggy
- Chorale : The derrick arrives
- Passacaglia : Robbing the alligator's nest
- Fugue : Boy fights alligator.
- Notes:
- Duration: ca. 18:00.
- At end of score: "New York 1948".
- Pulitzer Prize for Music - Winner, 1949
- Forms part of: Eugene Ormandy Archive, Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania.
- Local Notes:
- Two copies; one copy bears autograph stamp of Eugene Ormandy.
- Both scores marked by Eugene Ormandy for performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra; markings include bowings, durations, and corrections to accidentals.
- Publisher Number:
- 42207 G. Schirmer
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