Chester Variations For Piano
Based On William Billing's Hymn and Marching Song of the American Revolution
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Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.440400160
Based On William Billing's Hymn and Marching Song of the American Revolution. Composed by William Schuman. Classical. Solo part. With Standard notation. Duration 6 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #440-40016. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.440400160).UPC: 680160094530.
A 6-minute work derived from Schuman's band overture 'Chester'. Commissioned for the 8th Van Cliburn Intl.Piano Competition by Mrs. W.W. Lynch and the Pianists Foundation of America in memory of Mildred Foster. Schuman's sense of identity with early American composer William Billings is evident in the straight-forward yet passionate development of the Revolutionary War hymn tune theme. Medium.