- Title
- Dance Symphony
- For
- orchestra
- Year Composed
- 1929
- Scoring
- 2.picc.2.corA.2.Dcl.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.2crt.3.1-timp.perc:xyl/cyms/ tam-t/tgl/wdbl/whip/BD/SD/tamb/rattle-2harps-cel-pft-strings
- ARCO Number(s)
- 11
- Category
- Orchestral
- Duration
- 18'
- Movements
- I. Introduction: Lento
- II. Andante Moderato
- III. Allegro Vivo
- Premiere
- World: Philadelphia, April 15th, 1931 (Philadelphia Orchestra, cond. Leopold Stokowski)
- Dedication
- To Harold Clurman
- Publisher
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Publishing Status
- Published
- Disambiguation
Buying Options
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Program Note
Copland joked about "stealing from the best sources — mostly myself!" When he could not complete his Symphonic Ode in time for an RCA Victor competition, he "stole" three dances from the early ballet score, Grohg, and submitted them as the Dance Symphony in time for the deadline.
- Author
- Vivian Perlis
- Year
- 1998