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The Symphony No. 8 of Roger Sessions was composed in 1968.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dramonline.org/albums/american-symphony-orchestra-works-by-aaron-copland-roger-sessions-george-perle-and-bernard-rands/notes )〕〔"((Principal) Works )", ''The Roger Sessions Society''. Accessed: Aug. 18, 2015.〕 It is a work in two movements lasting together about fourteen minutes:〔 #Adagio e mesto #Allegro con brio Noteworthy in the context of Sessions' symphonies is the use of maracas to accompany the theme in the first movement. Andrea Olmstead describes all of Sessions's symphonies as "serious" and "funereal", with No. 8 being one of four with, "quiet reflective endings."〔Olmstead, Andrea (2012). ''Roger Sessions: A Biography'', p.356. Routledge. ISBN 9781135868925.〕 No. 8 combines the, "fearsome rhythmic and harmonic densities," of his maturity, "with the extended melodic phrases," which were always characteristic of Sessions.〔Olmstead (2012), p.363.〕 The symphony was premiered on May 2, 1968 by the New York Philharmonic conducted by William Steinberg.〔 ==Instrumentation== The symphony is scored for a large orchestra consisting of three flutes (third doubling alto flute), three oboes, four clarinets (fourth doubling E clarinet), four bassoons (fourth doubling contrabassoon), four horns, three trumpets, four trombones, tuba, timpani, two percussionists, piano, harp, and strings.〔"(Sessions: Symphony No. 8 )", Edward B. Marks Music Company: Classical (publisher's website, accessed 26 August 2015).〕 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. 8 (Sessions)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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