| Symphony No. 2: Reconciliation Contributor(s): Cope, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1500657247 ISBN-13: 9781500657246 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Printed Music - Band & Orchestra |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.93 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: I completed the first draft of my second symphony in the summer of 1961. The work was inspired by a reconciliation (hence the subtitle) between two loves: science and the arts. I spent many years in my youth as an amateur astronomer (both visual and radio), studying mathematics, relativity, and quantum theory. But I also spent an equal number of years performing and composing music, painting, and writing poetry. As I wrote this work I decided my true love lay in combining these areas rather than treating them separately. My symphony then lay dormant for several years until I wrote a new version during the 1980s. The final version of the work heard here was again revised in 2004, some forty-two years from its original state, and now stands complete. As with all of my symphonies, Symphony No. 2 has five movements in a vaguely palindrome form. |