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An Eastman Overture
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Detailed Instrumentation: 2+Piccolo.2+English Horn.2+Bass Clarinet.2+ContraBassoon: 4.4.3.1: Timpani.Percussion(4).Harp: Strings- Walker, George
Duration: 8 minutes
Description: An Eastman Overture incorporates quotes from Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. Bach is represented by an excerpt from the “Fantasia and Fugue in A minor.” A fragment from the first movement of Beethoven’s “String Quartet, Op. 135 appears in augmentation, and finally a section from Brahms’ “Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Op. 117. Commissioned by and dedicated to the Eastman School of Music.
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