Basic Details

Title
A Portrait of Two, for Joelle Amar
Availability
Out of Print
Category
Chamber
Instrumentation
ob.bn-pft
Duration
5'
Publisher
G. Schirmer Inc.
Parts/Movements
TitleDedication
1. Tempo commodoBenjamin Zifkin
2. AndanteJoelle Amar
3. AlertBenjamin Zifkin, Joelle Amar

Cataloging Information

Copyright
©1986 G. Schirmer
Year Composed
1984
Year Published
1986
M.S. Location
The Virgil Thomson Papers at Irving S. Gilmore Music Library at Yale University
Cardell Number
n/a
Meckna Number
W206

Portrait Info

Subject
Joelle Amar, Benjamin Zifkin
Tommasini ID
130

Additional Info

Notes

Location at time of composition: New York, NY

"Portrait of Joell Amar, bassoonist, and Dr. Benjamin Zifkin, neurologist. Benjamin Zifkin posed for the first movement of A Portrait of Two, Joell Amar of the second movement, and both of them for the third." - Tommasini, Virgil Thomson's Musical Portraits

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