Ebony Concerto

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Ebony Concerto is a jazz-influenced concert work for clarinet and jazz band composed by Igor Stravinsky in the mid-1940s.

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instanceOf clarinet concerto
composition
concert work
catalogueNumber Stravinsky work list: Ebony Concerto
commissionedBy Woody Herman
composer Igor Stravinsky
composerNationality Russian
compositionPeriod mid-1940s
compositionStartDate 1945
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dedicatedTo Woody Herman
genre concerto
jazz-influenced classical music
hasForm concerto grosso elements
hasSoloInstrument clarinet
historicalContext post-World War II era
influencedBy big band music
jazz
key B-flat major
language instrumental
movement First movement: Allegro moderato
Second movement: Andante
Third movement: Moderato con moto
notableCharacteristic integration of jazz idioms into classical form
virtuosic clarinet solo part
notablePerformer Benny Goodman
Woody Herman
numberOfMovements 3
orchestrationFeature brass section
rhythm section
saxophone section
premiereConductor Igor Stravinsky
premiereDate 1946
premiereEnsemble Woody Herman and His Orchestra
premiereLocation New York City
publisher Boosey & Hawkes
relatedWork L'Histoire du soldat
Ragtime for Eleven Instruments
scoredFor clarinet
jazz band
symphonic jazz ensemble
style neoclassical
subjectOf musicological analysis
recordings by major orchestras
timeSignature common time (first movement)
writtenFor Woody Herman and His Orchestra

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Igor Stravinsky notableWork Ebony Concerto