- Joan Tower
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (1986)
- Associated Music Publishers Inc (World)
- 0.0.0.0/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.2perc
- 3 min
- 6th April 2024, Canada College Main Theater, Redwood City, CA, United States of America
- 6th April 2024, Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts, Greensboro, NC, United States of America
Programme Note
Composer Note:
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1 was inspired by Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and employs, in fact, the same instrumentation. In addition, the original theme resembles the first theme in the Copland. It is dedicated to women who take risks and who are adventurous. Written under the Fanfare Project and commissioned by the Houston Symphony, the premiere performance was on January 10, 1987, with the Houston Symphony, Hans Vonk, conductor. This work is dedicated to the conductor Marin Alsop.
-- Joan Tower
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1 was inspired by Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and employs, in fact, the same instrumentation. In addition, the original theme resembles the first theme in the Copland. It is dedicated to women who take risks and who are adventurous. Written under the Fanfare Project and commissioned by the Houston Symphony, the premiere performance was on January 10, 1987, with the Houston Symphony, Hans Vonk, conductor. This work is dedicated to the conductor Marin Alsop.
-- Joan Tower
Media
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1