Leonard Bernstein :: Slava! (A Political Overture)


 

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Bernstein, Leonard
1918-1990
(b Lawrence, MA, 25 Aug 1918; d New York, 14 Oct 1990). American
Slava! (A Political Overture) <1977>
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Composed for Mstislav ("Slava") Rostropovich; includes brief quotation of the "Slava" chorus from the Coronation Scene of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.
Source of text: Taped gibberish phrases based on composer's instructions.