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Short Symphony

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 23, 2021 by Gog the Mild (talk) 22:46, 17 October 2021 (UTC)



The Short Symphony or Symphony No. 2 by the American composer Aaron Copland is a symphony written from 1931 to 1933. Its short length of only 15 minutes led to its name. The work is dedicated to Copland's friend, the Mexican composer and conductor Carlos Chávez. The composition contains complex rhythms and polyharmonies, and it incorporates the composer's emerging interest in serialism and Mexican music. Copland later arranged the work as a sextet. The symphony was not widely performed during Copland's lifetime, largely due to the piece's rhythmic difficulties. After Serge Koussevitzky and Leopold Stokowski both declined to conduct the premiere, Chávez agreed to deliver it in 1934 in Mexico City. Though Copland thought of the Short Symphony as "one of the best things I ever wrote", some critics found it to be fragmented and cacophonous. Others agreed with Copland's assessment, describing the symphony as a masterpiece and a significant work in both Copland's career and modernist music.
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 * Main editors: GeneralPoxter
 * Promoted: September 15, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: Anniversary of the symphony's premiere
 * Support as nominator. GeneralPoxter (talk • contribs) 01:46, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Sextet.. Panini! 🥪 14:25, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support Edwininlondon (talk) 22:11, 15 October 2021 (UTC)