Wagner, Joseph, 1900-1974

Originally composed for two pianos, 1935. This version 1937, originally having the title Processions medieval. First performance, under the present title, Columbus, Ohio, 16 December 1946, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Izler Solomon conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Processions medieval : a choreographic episode / Joseph Wagner. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758834

Transcribed 1956 from String Quartet in C minor, composed 1940. Revised 1959. First performance Oklahoma City, 20 January 1963, Oklahoma City Symphony, Guy Fraser Harrison conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Litany for peace : for string orchestra / by Joseph Wagner. 1959. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758912

Commissioned by the Boston String Orchestra. Composed 1941. First performance Boston, 22 February 1942, Boston String Orchestra, Jules Wolffers conductor. Dedicated to Jules Wolffers and his Boston String Orchestra.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Sinfonietta no. 2 for string orchestra / Joseph Wagner. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56818798

Composed 1934. First performance Rochester, New York, 19 October 1944, Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor. --Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony 1934 / Joseph Wagner. 1934. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56818839

Composed 1942. First performance Boston, 1943, Boston Civic Symphony Orchestra with Jan Veen and His Dancers, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Dance divertissement / Joseph Wagner. [194-] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758825

Based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. Composed 1941-43. First performnace Boston, 1 March 1944, Boston Civic Symphony Orchestra with Jan Veen and His Dancers, Arthur Fiedler conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Hudson River legend : a ballet / music Joseph Wagner ; scenario Jan Veen. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758882

Written for Alexander Thiede. Composed 1942. First performance Boston, 10 March 1942, Women's Symphony Society, Alexander Thiede Conductor. Dedicated to Alexander Thiede. Work revised 1954 as callno.: 2114s.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of From the North Shore : two sea pieces for string orchestra / Joseph Wagner. [1939] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758867

Original title: Northern Saga. Composed 1949. First performance Helsinki, 19 August 1949, Finnish Radio Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Northern saga : a landscape for orchestra / by Joseph Wagner. [1949] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758924

Composed 1931. First performance Boston, 1932, Boston Civic Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting. Revised 1944.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Sinfonietta no. 1 for orchestra / by Joseph Wagner. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56818777

Composed 1955. First performance on an MBS radio broadcast, 24 January 1960, Oklahoma City Symphony, Guy Fraser Harrison conductor. Dedicated to Jorge Hine, friend of the composer's. Recipient of the Arthur Benjamin Award Special Honorarium, 1956.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Pastoral costarricense : un recuerdo sentimental for chamber orchestra / by Joseph Wagner. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758933

Originally composed for piano, 1935. Transcribed 1939. First performance broadcast from New York, 15 May 1941, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Frank Black conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Four miniatures for orchestra / Joseph Wagner. [1939] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758850

Composed 1950-54. First performance New York, 1958, Howard Shanet conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Introduction and scherzo for bassoon and string orchestra / by Joseph Wagner. 1950-1954. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758903

Composed 1948-56, using themes from the ballet Hudson River legen. First performance Buffalo, 1 March 1957, Buffalo Philharmonic, Willis Page conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Panorama from the ballet Hudson River legend : for orchestra / by Joseph Wagner. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758929

Composed 1945. First performance St. Paul, Minnesota, 6 August 1947, St. Paul Pops, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Radio City snapshots : for orchestra / Joseph Wagner. [1945] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758934

A reworking (1954) of From the North Shore, originally composed 1942. First performance Philadelphia, 13 December 1958, University of Pennsylvania Gallery Concert Orchestra, Joseph Primavera conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Music of the sea for string orchestra / by Joseph Wagner. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758921

Composed 1945-47. First performance Baltimore, 2 February 1949, National Symphony Orchestra, Howard Mitchell conductor, Sylvia Meyer soloist. Awarded first prize in the Northern California Harpists' Association Annual Competition, 1963.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Concertino for harp and orchestra / Joseph Wagner. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758817

Composed originally for band, 1943. Transcribed for orchestra 1946. First performance of orchestral version, Grant Park Concerts, Chicago, 1948, Nicolai Malko conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of American jubilee : a concert overture / Joseph Wagner. [1946] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758814

Composed 1950.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Introduction and rondo for trumpet and small orchestra / by Joseph Wagner. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758885

Composed 1952-1954.--Cf. Fleisher.

From the description of Concerto in C minor : for violin and orchestra / by Joseph Wagner. [1954?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 232959187

Composed 1936-7. First performance Boston, 25 May 1941, Women's Symphony Society, Alexander Thiede Conductor, Leonard Bernstein soloist. Revised, with celesta and harp parts added, 1954. (See callno.: 345p).--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of A fugal triptych for piano, percussion and string orchestra / by Joseph Wagner. [1937] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758877