Symphony No. 6 (Sessions)
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The Symphony No. 6 of Roger Sessions
, a symphony
written using the twelve-tone technique
, was composed in 1966. It was commissioned by the state of New Jersey and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
The premiere was a disaster, with the finale still incomplete and the first movement played as a finale to make up for this; it was given its first complete performance by the Juilliard Orchestra in March 1977. It was published by 1976.
It has three movements
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Roger Sessions
Roger Huntington Sessions was an American composer, critic, and teacher of music.-Life:Sessions was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a family that could trace its roots back to the American revolution. His mother, Ruth Huntington Sessions, was a direct descendent of Samuel Huntington, a signer of...
, a symphony
Symphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...
written using the twelve-tone technique
Twelve-tone technique
Twelve-tone technique is a method of musical composition devised by Arnold Schoenberg...
, was composed in 1966. It was commissioned by the state of New Jersey and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
The premiere was a disaster, with the finale still incomplete and the first movement played as a finale to make up for this; it was given its first complete performance by the Juilliard Orchestra in March 1977. It was published by 1976.
It has three movements
Movement (music)
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...
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- Allegro
- Adagio e tranquillo
- Allegro moderato