Description
Author
NIBLOCK, James
Format
(Complete set)
Instrumentation
String orchestra
Duration
4' 15"
Pages
10 +4+3+2+2+1
Year of composition
ISMN
979-069220-104-5
Ref.
100-207PACS
The Elegy was written while the composer was a fellow at the MacDowell Colony. It was written in memory of Mr. Niblock’s former student at Michigan State University. This young violinist, Al Desiderio, along with all of the touring members of the US Navy Orchestra / Band were tragically killed in a plane crash over the Bay at Rio de Janeiro.(1960)
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