Iron Foundry: Machine Music (Zavod: Muzyka Mashin), Op. 19

Composers:
  • Mosolov, Alexander V.
Detailed Instrumentation: 2+Picc.2+EH.2+BCl.2+CBsn: 4.3.2+BTbn.1: Timp.Perc (5): Str (9.8.7.6.5 in set)
Duration: 3
Description:

The most well-known work by Soviet composer Alexander Mosolov (1900 – 1973) is IRON FOUNDRY: MACHINE MUSIC (ZAVOD: MUZYKA MASHIN), originally from the ballet STAL (STEEL). This work is a prime example of Soviet futurist music with avant-garde influences from Mosolov�s teachers Nikolai Myaskovsky, Dmitri Shostakovich. The ballet was never staged however, IRON FOUNDRY was presented as the first movement of an orchestral suite from the ballet at its� premiere in Moscow. The remaining three movements of the suite have been lost. The premiere took place on December 4, 1927 at a concert by the Association for Contemporary Music commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Instrumentation: 2+Picc.2+EH.2+BCl.2+CBsn: 4.3.2+BTbn.1: Timp.Perc (5): Str (9.8.7.6.5 in set).

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