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cor anglais, trumpet, piano
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Harold Clurman, Copland's closest friend, was a founder of the Group Theatre. He had long hoped for a collaboration between Copland and the Group; the opportunity came with Irwin Shaw's play, Quiet City. Clurman convinced Copland to compose incidental music to a script about a distressed trumpet player, who played to express the emotions of different people in various parts of the city. After a few tryouts, the play was dropped, but as Clurman pointed out, "Aaron just scooped up that music and arranged a suite for trumpet, English horn, and string orchestra. The play was long
forgotten but the music lives on."
-Vivian Perlis, 1998