Symphony Concertante (Kubik)

Symphony Concertante is a composition by Gail Kubik (1914–1984) for trumpet, viola, piano, and orchestra. It was premiered January 7, 1952 by its commissioner, The Little Orchestra, Thomas Scherman conducting.[1]

The work is structured as follows:

1. Fast, vigorously
2. Quietly
3. Fast, with energy.

In the score Kubik notes the work "represents an effort to reconcile the large-scale expressive demands of a symphony with the virtuoso exhibitionistic demands of the concerto form".[2]

Kubik was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1952 for the piece. The committee wrote: "The Symphony Concertante is brilliant and exuberant, full of rhythmic vitality, the orchestration both original and skillful."[3]

The piece is based Kubik's score for the 1949 film C-Man.[4] When the film's producers Laruel Films, Inc went out of business in 1951, Kubik, having had the foresight to reserve copyright to the music beyond just motion picture use, was able to use the film score material to compose the piece. This example was used by Howard Hanson and copyright expert Leonard Zissu during 1965 congressional hearings in favor of revising copyright law more favorably for composers.[5]

## Sources

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1. ^ Fischer, Heinz Dietrich (2010). The Pulitzer Prize Winners for Music, p.45. ISBN 9783631596081.
2. ^ Hinson, Maurice (1993). Music for Piano and Orchestra: An Annotated Guide. Indiana University Press. p. 159\. ISBN 978-0-253-33953-9.
3. ^ Fischer (2010), p.47.
4. ^ "Gail Kubik's Score for C-Man: The Sequel", JSTOR.org.
5. ^ Judiciary, United States Congress House Committee on the (1966). Copyright Law Revision: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 3 of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session. U.S. Government Printing Office.

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Pulitzer Prize for Music (1951–1960)

* Douglas Moore ('51): Giants in the Earth
* Gail Kubik ('52): Symphony Concertante
* n.a. ('53)
* Quincy Porter ('54): Concerto Concertante
* Gian Carlo Menotti ('55): The Saint of Bleecker Street
* Ernst Toch ('56): Symphony No. 3
* Norman Dello Joio ('57): Meditations on Ecclesiastes
* Samuel Barber ('58): Vanessa
* John La Montaine ('59): Piano Concerto No. 1
* Elliott Carter ('60): String Quartet No. 2

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