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The Koussevitzky Music Foundation, which celebrated
its 60th anniversary during 2002, has throughout its history aided the
birth of significant works by many of the worlds most important
composers. Included among its commissions are:
John Adams Eros Piano
Samuel Barbers Prayers of Kirkegaard
Bela Bartoks Concerto for Orchestra
Arthur Bergers Septet
Luciano Berios Traces
Leonard Bernsteins Serenade
Harrison Birtwistles Silbury Air
Ernest Blochs Sinfonia Breve
Benjamin Brittens Peter Grimes
John Cages Cheap Imitation
Carlos Chavez Sinfonia no. 5
Aaron Coplands Symphony no. 3
George Crumbs Madrigals Books I and II
Luigi Dallapiccolas Tartiniana
Peter Maxwell Davies Revelation and Fall
Jacob Druckmans Windows
Henry Dutilleux Concerto for Two Orchestras
Morton Feldmans Instruments
Irving Fines String Quartet
Lukas Foss Symphony of Chorales
Alexander Goehrs Colossus or Panic
Howard Hansons Piano Concerto
Lou Harrisons Elegiac Symphony
Jonathan Harveys Timepieces
Karel Husas Violin Sonata
Ulysses Kays The Bore
Oliver Knussens Ophelia Dances
Gyorgy Ligetis Ramifications
Olivier Messaiens Turangalila-Symphonie
Douglas Moores Ballad of Baby Doe
Krzysztof Pendereckis Cello Concerto
Goffredo Petrassis Quinto Concerto
Walter Pistons Symphony no. 3
Francis Poulencs Gloria
Steve Reichs Three Movements for Orchestra
Arnold Schoenbergs Survivor from Warsaw
Gunther Schullers Double Bass Concerto
William Schumans Symphony no. 7
Roger Sessions Symphony no. 3
Harold Shaperos Symphony for Classical Orchestra
Seymour Shifrins String Quartet no. 3
Karlheinz Stockhausens Mixtur
Igor Stravinskys Ode
Michael Tippetts King Priam
Edgard Vareses Notturno
William Waltons The Bear
In the last decade alone, commissions have been awarded
to a distinguished and diverse group of composers, among them:
Louis Andreissen
Milton Babbitt
William Bolcom
Chen Yi
Franco Donatoni
Osvaldo Golijov
Stephen Hartke
David Horne
Peter Lieberson
Steven Mackey
Wynton Marsalis
Donald Martino
Nicholas Maw
George Perle
Shulamit Ran
Terry Riley
Christopher Rouse
Poul Ruders
Frederic Rzewski
David Soley
Steven Stucky
Toru Takemitsu
Augusta Read Thomas
George Walker
Charles Wuorinen
Yehudi Wyner
Zhou Long
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