Eppert, Carl, 1882-1961

This suite is parts I, IV, III respectively of the ballet. Introduction, Parts I and IV composed 1937; part III composed 1940. First and second movements (parts I and IV) awarded first prize of $500 in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Golden Jubilee contest for American composers, season 1940-41. First performance of first two movements under the title Two Symphonic Impressions by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, February 13, 1941, Frederick Stock conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1934. Parts 2 and 3 of the cycle, City Shadows and Speed, were first performed at the Fifth Annual Festival of American Music of the Eastman School of Music, by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Rochester, N.Y., April 4, 1935, Howard Hanson conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1937. First performance by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, Ind., January 3, 1941, Fabien Sevitzky conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Originally composed as op. 66 for woodwind quartet, 1936-37; transcribed 1940. First performance by the Milwaukee Sinfonietta of the Milwaukee Friends of Music, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 26, 1941, Julius Ehrlich conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1936.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

This suite is parts V and II respectively, of the ballet. Composed 1929-40. First performance by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit, February 21, 1942, Victor Kolar conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1920; revised 1933. First performance by the Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra of the WPA, Milwaukee, Wis., February 25, 1938, Sigfrid Prager conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1933. Parts 2 and 3 of the cycle, City Shadows and Speed, were first performed at the Fifth Annual Festival of American Music of the Eastman School of Music, by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Rochester, N.Y., April 4, 1935, Howard Hanson conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1932. First performed by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Rochester, N.Y., October 30, 1935, Howard Hanson conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1931, the first of a four-part symphonic cycle. Awarded third prize ($1250) in an NBC competition, 1932. First performed in a broacast by the NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York, May 8, 1932, Eugene Goossens conducting. First concert performance by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, August 25, 1932, Frederick Stock (to whom the work is dedicated) conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1938. Dedicated to American Forestry Association.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.