Variations for Orchestra (Bassett)

Variations for Orchestra is a single-movement composition for orchestra by the American composer Leslie Bassett. The piece was first performed in Rome in 1963 by the RAI National Symphony Orchestra under the conductor Ferruccio Scaglia. It was later given its United States premiere at the Philadelphia Academy of Music on October 22, 1965 by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy. The work was awarded the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music.[1][2][3]

References

Fischer, Heinz Dietrich, ed. (2010). The Pulitzer Prize Winners for Music. Peter Lang. pp. 106–109. ISBN 3631596081.
Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C., eds. (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 432. ISBN 1573561118.
Dobrin, Peter (May 27, 2015). "Review: Prism offers a festival of premieres". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

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Pulitzer Prize for Music (1961–1970)
Walter Piston ('61): Symphony No. 7 Robert Ward ('62): The Crucible Samuel Barber ('63): Piano Concerto n.a. ('64) n.a. ('65) Leslie Bassett ('66): Variations for Orchestra Leon Kirchner ('67): Quartet No. 3 for strings and electronic tape George Crumb ('68): Echoes of Time and the River Karel Husa ('69): String Quartet No. 3 Charles Wuorinen ('70): Time's Encomium
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