Divertimento for Strings and Winds
Douglas Townsend
About this work:
World broadcast premiered by WNYC, June 25, 1950, the New Chamber Music Society performing, Paul C. Wolfe conducting (NYTimes 6/25/50) (NYTimes 8/19/51).
World premiered at the 92nd Street Y in 1951, Thomas Scherman conducting
members of the Little Orchestra Society.
Year composed: 1949
Duration: 00:17:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 6-9 players
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Oboe, 1 Clarinet, 1 Bassoon, 2 Violin, 1 Double bass
Instrumentation notes: Violin II at the end of the first movement has to tune the G-string down to F-#.