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G. Schirmer Canzonetta (for Oboe & Piano Reduction) Woodwind Method Series by Samuel Barber
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Canzonetta, written in 1978, was intended to be the slow movement of an oboe Conc commissioned by the New York Philharmonic. No other movements were and the Conc was left unfinished at the time of Barber's death in 1981. The oboe and string orchestra version of Canzonetta was first performed in December, 1981, by Harold Gomberg, oboe, and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta. Duration: c. 8 minutes.