Black Sounds for Small Orchestra George Rochberg Born: July 5, 1918, Paterson, New Jersey Died: May 29, 2005, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Instrumentation: Small Wind Orchestra Composed: 1965 Duration: 14 minutes Rochberg, on Black Sounds: In 1964, I wrote a large wind ensemble work entitled Apocalyptica – from this work I drew the material for a 17-player wind piece called Black Sounds. This new work was done in 1965 on commission from Lincoln Center for a dance called The Act, c

Given our recent concert with Pulcinella, today's Composers Datebook seemed appropriate. Audio for Composers Datebook 5/15/2011 Stravinsky and Rochberg start trends Today we celebrate two premieres and one three-letter prefix: "neo," meaning "new." On today's date in 1920, Igor Stravinsky's ballet "Pulcinella" was produced for the first time in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Stravinsky incorporated into the score some instrumental pieces attributed to the 18th century I