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Re: New England Triptych
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Nick Jones <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:20:13 -0500
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Roger Hecht wrote:

>According to a conductor I'm playing that under now, the band version
>came first.  I haven't checked this, but it doesn't sound right to me.

According to <The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians>, both
were composed in 1956, but the <Chester Overture> for band was derived
from the orchestra suite.

Nick Jones
Atlanta, Ga., USA

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