Walter Piston

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Born: January 20, 1894, Rockland, Maine, USA
Died: November 12, 1976, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA

Tunbridge Fair, like Peter Mennin's Canzona, is a 5-minute classic that packs a lot of music into its short duration. The Concerto for String Quartet was his last completed piece and is a noteworthy contribution to the wind ensemble literature. I've not heard Ehrling's version, but Schwarz and company do a fine job in their all-Piston CD also featuring the Suite from The Incredible Flutist.

Recordings

Works	Performers	Reviews	Stores
Tunbridge Fair	Cincinnati Wind Symphony Eugene Corporon	North	Tower Amazon
Concerto for String Quartet, Winds and Percussion	Juilliard String Quartet Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz	Simmons	Tower Amazon
Concerto for String Quartet, Winds and Percussion	Emerson String Quartet Juilliard Orchestra Sixten Ehrling	Johnson	Tower Amazon

Scores

Tunbridge Fair

Books

Harvard Composers: Walter Piston and His Students, from Elliott Carter to Frederic Rzewski by Howard Pollack