Achron, Joseph, 1886-1943

Written for the Society for Hebrew Music of St. Petersburg. Originally composed for violin and piano, 1912; orchestrated 1913. First performance by the Kharkov Symphony Orchestra, Kharkov, Russia, 1913, L. Zeitlin conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Written for the Society for Hebrew Music of St. Petersburg. Originally composed for violin and piano, 1912; orchestrated 1913. First performance Kharkov, Russia, 1913, Kharkov Symphony Orchestra, L. Zeitlin conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Originally composed for violin and piano, 1910; arranged 1938. First performance at a private concert, 1938 or 1939, Alfred Newman conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Commissioned by the Palestine Theatre, 1923. Originally composed for small orchestra, 1924; these excerpts reorchestrated for large orchestra, 1931. First performance Los Angeles, 16 May 1939, Los Angeles Federal Symphony Orchestra of the Works Progress Administration, Gastone Usigli conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Commissioned by Jascha Heifetz, 1931 or 1932. Composed 1936-37; orchestrated 1937. First performance Los Angeles, 31 March 1939, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Otto Klemperer conductor, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Written for the Society for Hebrew Music of St. Petersburg. Originally composed for violin and piano, 1913; orchestrated 1916. First performance Petrograd, probably 1916, Pavlovsk Summer Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Commissioned by a private group of actors in New York, 1931. Originally composed for trumpet, French horn, cello and piano, 1931; reorchestrated from the incidental music to "Golem" by Leivick, 1932. First performance of original version Civic Repertory Theatre, New York, November 1931. First performance of this version Venice, 8 September 1932, at the Second International Music Festival, Fritz Reiner conductor. Dedicated to Fritz Reiner.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1923. Transcribed 1942.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Written at the request of Alfred Newman. Composed and orchestrated 1939. First performance Los Angeles, broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting System, 28 May 1939, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Newman conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1932-33; orchestrated 1934. First performance Los Angeles, 19 December 1936, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Otto Klemperer conductor, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.