Scoring
3(2).2.3(2).2-4.3.3.1-perc:glsp-strings
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Programme Note
Based on the well-known "Happy Birthday" tune, this short piece was originally part of a group of variations by famous composers commissioned for the Philadelphia Orchestra's seventieth anniversary. The occasion included President Nixon's presentation of the Medal of Freedom to Eugene Ormandy. It has since been performed for other occasions, among them several Copland birthday celebrations.
-Vivian Perlis, 1998
