Stravinsky, Igor: Fanfare for a New Theatre (1964)

for two trumpets in C

Music Text  
To Lincoln and George

Repertoire Note  
Dedicated to Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine, this fanfare was composed for the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, new home of the New York City Ballet. Eric Walter White: "The effect of the two trumpets is like that of two pennants flying and crackling in a brisk wind."



Reproduction Rights
This programme note can be reproduced free of charge in concert programmes with a credit to Boosey & Hawkes/Joseph Horowitz.

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