Symphony Concertante (Kubik)

Symphony Concertante is a composition by Gail Kubik (1914–1984) for trumpet, viola, piano, and orchestra. It was premiered January 7, 1952 by its commissioner, The Little Orchestra, Thomas Scherman conducting.^[1]

The work is structured as follows:

Fast, vigorously
Quietly
Fast, with energy.

Kubik was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1952 for the piece. The committee wrote: "The Symphony Concertante is brilliant and exuberant, full of rhythmic vitality, the orchestration both original and skillful."^[2] The piece is based on his score for C-Man.^[3]

Sources

↑ Fischer, Heinz Dietrich (2010). The Pulitzer Prize Winners for Music, p.45. ISBN 9783631596081.
↑ Fischer (2010), p.47.
↑ "Gail Kubik's Score for C-Man: The Sequel", JSTOR.org.

Pulitzer Prize for Music (1951–1960)

Douglas Moore ('51): Giants in the Earth Gail Kubik ('52): Symphony Concertante n.a. ('53) Quincy Porter ('54): Concerto Concertante Gian Carlo Menotti ('55): The Saint of Bleecker Street Ernst Toch ('56): Symphony No. 3 Norman Dello Joio ('57): Meditations on Ecclesiastes Samuel Barber ('58): Vanessa John La Montaine ('59): Piano Concerto No. 1 Elliott Carter ('60): String Quartet No. 2

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