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Concerto in Eb (Dumbarton Oaks)

Version for organ by Leif Thybo (1952)
based on the original version for chamber orchestra
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Inspired by Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, Igor Stravinsky’s three-movement concerto ‘Dumbarton Oaks’ is a musical monument to two major American patrons: Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss commissioned this work to mark the 30th anniversary of their wedding. It was performed for the first time at a private celebration at their country house Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. under the direction of Nadia Boulanger in 1938. As early as 1952 Leif Thybo created an arrangement for organ which Stravinsky probably did not know at the time of his life.
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The American musical patrons Mildred and Robert Wood Bliss were considering which distinguished composer to commission to create a work in celebration of their 30th wedding anniversary in 1938. The couple had made the acquaintance of Igor Stravinsky in April the preceding year at the première of his ballet Jeu de Cartes in New York and had subsequently invited the composer to their country home ’Dumbarton Oaks’ in Washington D.C. to talk about a new composition. Stravinsky only just managed to complete the work in time for the anniversary celebrations: its date of completion was also the date of its first performance.

For his classically styled three-movement work, he selected the title Concerto in E flat, adding the subtitle Dumbarton Oaks as a dedication. The structure of the work references the concerto grosso: it features a soloist ensemble which unites in the tutti sequences but also plays in concertino groups during the solo episodes. Broken chordal structures characterise the central movement whereas the outer movements are distinguished through their use of fugato. Dumbarton Oaks went on to become one of Stravinsky’s most successful works, performed widely and delighting Mildred Bliss so much that she immediately issued another commission, for the Symphony in C. Its composer’s very public commitment to American cultural life helped pave the way for Stravinsky’s emigration to the USA in 1945.

As early as 1952 Leif Thybo created an arrangement for organ which Stravinsky probably did not know at the time of his life.

Content

I Tempo giusto
II Allegretto
III Con moto

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Title:
Concerto in Eb (Dumbarton Oaks)
Version for organ by Leif Thybo (1952)
based on the original version for chamber orchestra
Edition:
Separate edition
Level of difficulty:
difficult
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1937 - 1938
Duration:
15 ′
Key:
E flat major
Series:
Title:
Concerto in Eb (Dumbarton Oaks)
Version for organ by Leif Thybo (1952)
based on the original version for chamber orchestra
Edition:
Separate edition
Level of difficulty:
difficult
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1937 - 1938
Duration:
15 ′
Key:
E flat major
Series:
Title:
Concerto in Eb (Dumbarton Oaks)
Version for organ by Leif Thybo (1952)
based on the original version for chamber orchestra
Edition:
Separate edition
Level of difficulty:
difficult
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1937 - 1938
Duration:
15 ′
Key:
E flat major
Series:

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Product number:
ED 23092
ISMN13:
979-0-001-20675-4
Product number:
ED 23092
ISMN13:
979-0-001-20675-4
UPC:
842819103974
Weight:
0,22 kg
Pages:
52
Format:
23.1cm x 30.3cm
Binding:
Saddle-wire stitching
Delivery rights:
Distribution rights for all countries except USA
Product number:
ED 23092 Q52740
ISMN13:
979-0-001-20675-4
Pages:
51
File format:
(PDF / 1,91 MB)
Delivery rights:
Distribution rights for all countries except USA

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