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« on: March 04, 2013, 02:52:56 pm » |
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I could suggest Orthel,Harris Villa Lobos ............................. ............
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tapiola
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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2013, 06:31:47 pm » |
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Englund's 1 & 2, Klami's 2nd, Saeverud's Psalme, Irgens-Jensen's Symphony, one of the early Holmboe (help here),
to start.
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albert
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2013, 10:00:24 am » |
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Mario Zafred Symphony n.4 "in onore della resistenza"
Masao Ohki Hiroshima Symphony
William Schuman Symphony n.9 "The Ardeatine Caves"
Hans Eisler Eine Deutsche Symphonie
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2013, 12:41:59 pm » |
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The French composer Aubert Lemeland has a considerable output around the WW2 theme. There's the Tenth Symphony Letters from Stalingrad but also works such as Memorial - Dieppe 19-08-1942 op.158 for orchestra.
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2013, 02:08:25 pm » |
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Englund's 1 & 2, Klami's 2nd, Saeverud's Psalme, Irgens-Jensen's Symphony, one of the early Holmboe (help here),
to start. These aren't actually about WWII, are they? Weren't they just written during WWII? |
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tapiola
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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2013, 04:31:15 pm » |
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Englund's 1st is subtitled "War" ( thankful he survived!) and the composer said the 2nd was about his experiences as a sergeant in the Finnish army and the death in battle of his brother. Finland was very involved in the Russian invasion.
Klami's was written after his service as a medic and reflects his reactions to what he saw. The finale includes a Finnish popular song about the war.
Saeverud's was definitely a response to the German occupation of Norway, as was the Irgens-Jensen.
Holmboe's was the same for Denmark.
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2013, 08:02:51 pm » |
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Englund's 1st is subtitled "War" ( thankful he survived!) and the composer said the 2nd was about his experiences as a sergeant in the Finnish army and the death in battle of his brother. Finland was very involved in the Russian invasion.
Klami's was written after his service as a medic and reflects his reactions to what he saw. The finale includes a Finnish popular song about the war.
Saeverud's was definitely a response to the German occupation of Norway, as was the Irgens-Jensen.
Holmboe's was the same for Denmark. Thanks for the explanation -- I didn't know! |
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Roehre
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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2013, 11:13:57 pm » |
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Not a symphony, but most definitely influenced by the German occupation of the Netherlands:
Escher Musique pour l'Esprit en Deuil (1943)
Celebrating the end of the war:
Milhaud Symphony no.3 opus 271 "Te Deum"
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Martinu: Symphony no.1, incorporating the "In Memoriam Lidice" music
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tapiola
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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2013, 11:30:44 pm » |
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Martinu's 4th Symphony definitely celebrates the end of the war and thoughts that he could finally return home. Alas, the Soviet occupation squelched that dream.
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guest145
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« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2013, 02:47:22 am » |
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albert
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« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2013, 10:02:36 am » |
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Also Henry Sauguet Symphonie Expiatoire (n.1).
I would say also the Honegger Symphonie Liturgica (n.3).
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tapiola
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« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2013, 10:45:02 am » |
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Honegger's 2nd Symphony written in occupied Paris, reflects his image of the times and eventual victory (the trumpet).
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Gauk
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« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2013, 09:49:58 am » |
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Holmboe's Sinfonia Disintegrazzione (1943) is specifically about the war. The first movement the first movement is named Operation Weserübung - the Nazi’s code name for the assault on Norway and Denmark. Unfortunately the only recording is terrible. Throughout the scherzo the percussion plays a bar late due to a copyist's error, which somehow went unnoticed until it was too late (the mind boggles).
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Elroel
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« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2013, 03:28:51 pm » |
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Two more War symphonies
Vytautas Bacevicius Symphony Nº 2, op 32 'Sinfonia della Guerra' (1940)
Blaz Arnič - Symphony Nº 5 'War and Peace' (1941)
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Buster
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« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2013, 03:56:33 pm » |
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From the US, two symphonies written while the composers were in uniform:
Marc Blitzstein's Airborne symphony is on the theme of "the sacred struggle of the airborne free men of the world . . . to crush the monstrous fascist obstructionist in their path." It has been recorded twice, both times conducted by Leonard Bernstein, I believe.
Samuel Barber's Symphony No. 2 was titled Symphony Dedicated to the Air Forces. The premiere was in 1944 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Serge Koussevitsky. Barber later withdrew the symphony, although it has been recorded a number of times, including once in a composer-led performance. Barber also revised the slow movement and published it as "Night Flight," taking its name from the Antoine de Saint Exupéry novel.
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