Cuban opening

Cuban LOuverture ( Cuban overture in English) is a symphonic opening for Orchestre composed by George Gershwin. The part, initially entitled Rumba , was written in July and August 1932, at the conclusion two weeks of holidays that Gershwin passed to Havana, to Cuba, in February 1932.

The Opening is influenced by the rates/rhythms of the the Caribbean and by the cuban percussions. It is a part rich and exciting, complex and sophisticated, illustrating the influence of the music and the dance cuban.

The Opening is in form A-B-A.

Creation

Work, under the title Rumba , was created in Lewisohn Stadium of New York the August 16th 1932 by the New York Philharmonic. It belonged to a program putting in the high-speed motorboat only parts of Gershwin. The concert was an enormous success, as wrote Gershwin:

It was, I believe, the evening more exciting which I had ever had… 17 845 people had paid to return and 5 000 people were outside with closing, trying to return - without success.

Work was well accommodated by criticisms. It was famous later cuban Ouverture three months at the time of a concert directed by Gershwin with the Metropolitan Opera. The new title gives, as mentions the type-setter, “an idea righter of the character and intention of the music”.

Orchestration

The opening is orchestrated for three Flûte S (third doubling with the Piccolo), two Hautbois, a Cor anglais, two Clarinette S in B flat , a low Clarinette, two Basson S, a Contrebasson, four French horns, three Trompette S in B flat , three trombones, a tuba, drinking cups, percussions and Cordes.

A note of the type-setter in the partition gives the specific site of the percussions including Bongo, Claves, gourds, and Maracas “just in front of the desk of the leader”, with images.

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