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		Celebration Fanfare
Compositions: Concert Hall Concertos Fanfares Symphonic works Vocal works Miscellanea		To celebrate the sesquicentennial of Texas' Declaration of Independence, the Houston Symphony Orchestra's composer-in-residence, Tobias Picker, conceived and brought to fruition the Fanfare Project: substantial fanfares commissioned from 21 composers (including Elliot Carter, Charles Wuorinen, John Adams, Steve Reich, John Harbison, Christopher Rouse, Jacob Druckman, Joan Tower, Carlisle Floyd, Marius Constant and John Williams), one to be played at the start of each program in the 1986-87 season. Williams' contribution (termed "fugally bucolic" by a Houston Post critic) was premiered on September 6, 1986, conducted by the Houston Symphony's then-music director, Sergiu Comissiona. Recordings This work has never been commercially recorded. Sheet Music The orchestral score and parts to this work are not commercially available; a piano arrangement was published in both the John Williams Anthology and Fanfares and Themes. Links The Houston Symphony web site
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