Musical Instruments

Ebony Concerto (Stravinsky)

Ebony Concerto is a musical composition by Igor Stravinsky, commissioned by jazz musician Woody Herman and completed on December 1, 1945. It is one in a series of compositions requested by Herman for solo clarinetist and jazz ensemble and the score is dedicated to Herman. The composition was first performed on March 25, 1946, in Carnegie Hall in New York City, by Woody Herman's Band, conducted by Walter Hendl.

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• ▸George Antheil
• ▸Interior with a Young Couple and a Dog
• ▸Linda Tillery

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