Composers Datebook for April 16, 2019 - Persichetti And Tania Leon For Band

Vincent Persichetti’s ‘Symphony for Band’ had its premiere by the Washington University Band of St. Louis on today’s date in 1956. The band had commissioned a short, single-movement work, but Persichetti decided to expand it into a four-movement symphony.
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