Scherzo, op. 16, # 2 / Mendelssohn-Gesensway. [19--]
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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
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Felix Mendelssohn, composer of the early Romantic period. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family. He was brought up without religion until the age of seven, when he was bapt...
Gesensway, Louis, 1906-1976
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Composed 1948-1951. First performance Philadelphia, 25 February 1955, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conductor, Oscar Treadwell narrator. The text of William Penn's Prayer for Philadelphia, 1684, and some authentic Colonial street calls are used in the narrative part.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Four squares of Philadelphia : for narrator, criers, and large orchestra / by Louis Gesensway. c1972. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 5198...
