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  2. Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints - Wikipedia

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    Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints, Op. 211 (1965), is a concerto in one movement written for xylophone and orchestra by the Armenian-American composer Alan Hovhaness. [1] The work was given its world premiere by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa, at the Ravinia Festival on July 4, 1965.

  3. Clair Omar Musser - Wikipedia

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    One of the first of such groups was a 25-piece, all-girl marimba ensemble for a Paramount Pictures event in Chicago. In 1933 at the Century of Progress International Exhibition in Chicago, Musser conducted a marimba orchestra of 100 players. A special marimba, the "Century of Progress Model" was designed by Musser and produced by the Deagan ...

  4. J. C. Deagan, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    The J. C. Deagan company originally headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, until it moved to Chicago, Illinois, in the early 20th century. Deagan was unsatisfied with the intonation of the glockenspiels used in theater orchestras, with which he had performed. He experimented with the instrument's acoustics and tuning, and developed the first ...

  5. Roy C. Knapp - Wikipedia

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    He was a longtime network orchestra member and sought-after studio musician skilled as a tympanist, percussionist and xylophone soloist. He performed on shows broadcast during radio's golden age in Chicago, Illinois and a founding member of the National Association of Rudimental Drummers (N.A.R.D.) formed in 1933. [1]

  6. Symphony No. 4 (Tippett) - Wikipedia

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    Michael Tippett's Symphony No. 4 was written in 1977 as a commission for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, ... tom-toms, cymbals, wood block, triangle, xylophone ...

  7. Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Symphony Orchestra maintains a summer home at the Ravinia Festival in Ravinia Park, Highland Park, Illinois.The CSO first performed there on November 20, 1905, during Ravinia Park's second year since its opening in 1904, and continued to appear there on and off through August 1931, after which Ravinia Park closed for four years due to the Great Depression. [16]

  8. Symphony No. 1 (Corigliano) - Wikipedia

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    John Corigliano's Symphony No. 1 for Orchestra was written between 1988 and 1989 during the composer's tenure as the first Composer-In-Residence [1] for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The symphony's first performance was by the Chicago Symphony conducted by Daniel Barenboim on March 15, 1990. [2]

  9. Howell Oakdeane Morrison - Wikipedia

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    The song was picked up by Chicago's Forster Publishing, and became a national hit, the first of several for Alice. The Morrisons formed Morrison's Marimba Xylophone Orchestra, and briefly expanded the dance school, before moving to San Francisco in 1922.