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Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, ''Mysterious Mountain'' is a three-movement orchestral composition by the American composer Alan Hovhaness. The symphony was commissioned by conductor Leopold Stokowski and the Houston Symphony, and premiered live on NBC television in October 1955 on the Houston Symphony's first program with Stokowski as conductor.〔Simmons, p. 624〕〔Smith, p. 205〕 A popular recording of the work, released in 1958 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing under Fritz Reiner, is often regarded as the foremost performance of the piece.〔 ==Style and composition== The symphony has a duration of roughly 17 minutes and is composed in three movements: #Andante con moto #Double Fugue (Moderato maestoso, allegro vivo) #Andante espressivo The composition blends elements of consonant Western hymns, pentatonicism, and polyphonicism reminiscent of Renaissance music.〔 The second movement also contains a reworking of ideas from Hovhaness's 1936 String Quartet No. 1.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Symphony No. 2 (Hovhaness)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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