Symphony No. 1: The Phoenix

Symphony No. 1: The Phoenix

by David Cope
Symphony No. 1: The Phoenix

Symphony No. 1: The Phoenix

by David Cope

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Overview

Known as The Phoenix, I completed the first draft of my first symphony during the summer of 1960 in Phoenix, Arizona where I lived at the time. The dedication suggests both the location of composition and the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra which gave me plenty of experience by allowing my attendance at its rehearsals. A portion of the first movement was performed in 1968 by the orchestra at Kansas State College where I taught, though by then the work had been seriously revised several times. Over the years since, I have tinkered with various sections now and then and eventually completed the work in 2008. This latter form represents the score here with many sections included from earlier attempts.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781492231691
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 08/22/2013
Pages: 140
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

David Cope is Dickerson Emeriti Professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz (howell@ucsc.edu) where he taught theory and composition. He was born in San Francisco, California on May 17, 1941. Following early study on piano (including an extensive performance career) and violoncello, he completed degrees in composition at Arizona State University and the University of Southern California. His over one hundred published works have received thousands of performances throughout the U.S. and abroad, including those by the Vermont, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Cabrillo Festival, and Santa Cruz Symphony Orchestras, as well as numerous university orchestras and wind ensembles. His compositions include nine symphonies and six string quartets. Thirty-six of Cope's works appear on recordings including Variations (piano and wind orchestra; Cornell University), Re-Birth (concert band), Concert (piano and orchestra) and Threshold and Visions (orchestra). Complete albums of his music have appeared on Folkways (2), Opus One, and Epoc Music (24) and include a wide diversity of works from large ensembles (his nine symphonies) to chamber music with electronic and computer-generated tape.
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