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Symphony No. 3 was Aaron Copland's third and final symphony, its premiere performance taking place on October 18, 1946, by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky. Written at the end of World War II, it is known as the essential American symphony that fuses his distinct "Americana" style of the ballets (''Rodeo'', etc.) with the form of the symphony, which has generally been a European-dominated musical form. The ''Fanfare for the Common Man'' is used as a theme in the fourth movement. Various fragments from ''Fanfare'' are also used for primary thematic material in the first three movements. The first movement (Molto moderato) opens with a simple theme in the woodwinds and strings, which is echoed warmly throughout the orchestra before quickly heightening into a brassy fanfare (in which we get our first hints of the ''Fanfare for the Common Man'' theme.) The overall tone of the work is one of heroism and dignity, and it leaves an appropriately stirring impression. Note that the ''Fanfare'' in the Fourth Movement is not a direct copy of the stand-alone work ''Fanfare for the Common Man''. There are numerous subtle changes, including a new introduction (a woodwind duet begins the Fourth Movement,) two key changes, and different percussion parts. ==Discography== *Copland recorded this work himself with the London Symphony Orchestra for CBS (now Sony Classical), and for Everest Records. *Neeme Järvi and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Chandos play this symphony together with another work commissioned by Koussevitzky, the Roy Harris Symphony No. 3. *Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic have recorded in 1966 what may be the best-known performance of the work, available on Sony Classical, previously on Columbia Masterworks Records. In 1986 he re-recorded the piece with the same forces for Deutsche Grammophon. *Yoel Levi and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra have also recorded the work for Telarc. *Eiji Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra have also recorded the work for Reference Recordings.〔 *Eduardo Mata and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on EMI Classics 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. 3 (Copland)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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