Sanders, Robert L., 1906-1974

Commissioned by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra under a Ford Foundation grant. Composed 1954-55 under a Guggenheim Fellowship. First performance Knoxville, Tennessee, 10 November 1959, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, David Van Vactor conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1935-36. First performance New York, 26 February 1939, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the composer conducting. Shared New York Philharmonic award for shorter works,1938, with Charles F. Haubiel's Passacaglia.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1926-29. First performance Rochester, New York, 22 November 1929, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Ballet commissioned by Katherine Dunham. Composed 1938 (the music lost). Re-created 1943-44. First performance of new version, Hollywood, California, 28 July 1944, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Dorati conductor with Katherine Dunham & Co. "Ag'ya" is a traditional duel-dance of Martinique.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1934-35. This suite is the final form of sketches originally made for a full-length ballet which was never performed. First performance under the title "That Tragic Muse, Five Impressions"(with no programmatic subtitles) by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, 30 January 1936, Eric DeLamarter (to whom the work is dedicated) conducting. Because this work was one of the American compositions chosen for performance in connection with the Olympic Games in Germany, 1936, it was retitled "Olympia," with the following subtitles: 1. "Fate," 2. "The agonizing struggle,"

3. "The defeated," 4. "Relaxation," 5. "March." First performance (under original titles as given above) by the Illinois Symphony Orchestra of the Works Progress Administration, Chicago, 30 May 1937, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.