| Date Completed | 1962 |
| Duration | 6' - 13' |
| Publisher | Edition Peters |
| Instrumentation Type | Chamber Ensemble |
| Program Notes | NOVARA, for eight instruments, was requested by Lukas Foss for the Tanglewood Festival in Massachusetts and was written in the spring of 1962, receiving its first performance in August of that year, conducted by the composer. |
| Notes | "Open form" composition. Click to see the general instructions for conducting “open form”. |
| Instruments |
Conductor (1)
Flute (1)
Bass Clarinet (1)
Trumpet (1)
Piano (1)
Violin (2)
Viola (1)
Cello (1)
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| Listen |
Novara (MP3 Download, 15,408K)
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| Discography |
American Masters Series: Earle Brown
Selected works 1952-1965
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| Selected Performances |
1962-00-00 Tanglewood Festival
Conductor: Earle Brown
Premiere: first performance
1969-01-14 Peabody Conservatory of Music
Ensemble: The Peabody Contemporary Ensemble
Conductor: Earle Brown
1974-03-08 Rotterdam
Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic
1975-03-20 University of York
1983-11-18 Strasbourg, France
1985-11-26 Freiburg, Germany, Institut fuer Neue Musik
1990-10-15 Vienna
Ensemble: Klangforum
2008-03-09 BBC R3 Cardiff
Ensemble: Contemporary Music Ensemble of Wales
Conductor: Gordon Downie
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