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  • But think of the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, too, with the folksy swagger and rationality of the first movement but also the deep sadness of the slow movement where Bartók goes to a very dark place.

    Esa-Pekka Salonen: 'Start again. That was disgusting' Martin Kettle 2010

  • Barber and Bartók both wrote in the 20th century -- indeed, both the original version of the "Adagio for Strings" and "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta" were written in the same year, 1936, Alsop pointed out in remarks during the concert.

    In performance: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2010

  • It also represented a signal contrast to Bartók's bracing, clear and soberly named "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta."

    In performance: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2010

  • Alex Ross: Celesta in the final scene of Schreker's Der Ferne Klang. benjamin: That gross FFF Clarinet note in the middle of the Scherzo of Mahler 5th. andy h-d: I don't know unlikely it is, but I keep thinking of the part in Symphonie fantastique right before his head gets chopped off.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • Alex Ross: Celesta in the final scene of Schreker's Der Ferne Klang. benjamin: That gross FFF Clarinet note in the middle of the Scherzo of Mahler 5th. andy h-d: I don't know unlikely it is, but I keep thinking of the part in Symphonie fantastique right before his head gets chopped off.

    Gold stars and red pen Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • Capels Mills, Dec. 8, 1882; p.J. F. and Celesta (Ewing); Methodist.

    Alumni History of the University of North Carolina 1793-1962 1924

  • Plymouth, Feb. 2, 1888; p.C. J. and Celesta J. (Wood); m.

    Alumni History of the University of North Carolina 1793-1962 1924

  • The program ended unconventionally, with a work for a sharply reduced orchestra, Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.

    NYT > Home Page By JAMES R. OESTREICH 2011

  • Percussion and Celesta '' is the most notable extended work.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Amccloud 2010

  • Percussion and Celesta '' is the most notable extended work.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Amccloud 2010

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