Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah"

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orchestral work symphony

Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" is Leonard Bernstein’s early, three-movement symphony for orchestra and mezzo-soprano that reflects themes from the biblical Book of Jeremiah and helped establish his reputation as a serious composer.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	orchestral work → symphony →
awarded	New York Music Critics' Circle Award →
awardYear	1944 →
basedOn	Book of Jeremiah →
catalogNumber	Bernstein Symphony No. 1 →
composer	Leonard Bernstein →
compositionEndYear	1943 →
compositionPeriod	early career of Leonard Bernstein →
compositionStartYear	1942 →
dedicatedTo	Felicia Montealegre →
duration	approximately 25 minutes →
firstRecordingYear	1940s →
genre	20th-century classical music → choral symphony →
hasMovement	Lamentation → Profanation → Prophecy →
hasVocalPartInMovement	Lamentation →
helpedEstablishReputationOf	Leonard Bernstein →
historicalContext	composed during World War II →
inspiredBy	Hebrew Bible →
key	E minor →
language	Hebrew →
movementCount	3 →
notableFor	early demonstration of Bernstein's serious compositional style → integration of Hebrew liturgical text into symphonic form →
numberInSeries	1 →
premiereCity	Pittsburgh →
premiereConductor	Leonard Bernstein →
premiereCountry	United States →
premiereDate	1944-01-28 →
premiereOrchestra	Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra →
publisher	Boosey & Hawkes →
scoring	mezzo-soprano solo → orchestra →
textLanguage	Hebrew →
textSource	Lamentations of Jeremiah →
theme	Jewish identity → destruction of Jerusalem → faith and doubt → lamentation → profanation → prophecy →
vocalPartType	mezzo-soprano solo in final movement →
voiceType	mezzo-soprano →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Leonard Bernstein → Louis Bernstein →	notableWork