This wildly original work was commissioned by conductor Paul Sacher for the 10th anniversary of the Basler Kammerorchester. The date on the score’s manuscript is September 7, 1936, and the work was premiered by Sacher in Basel in January 1937. Supposedly the composer didn’t know whether to call the...
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta was written by Béla Bartók.
Béla Bartók released Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta on Thu Jan 21 1937.
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