- Title
- Down a Country Lane
- For
- chamber orchestra
- Scoring
- 2.1.2.1-2.1.1.0-strings
- ARCO Number(s)
- 82-A
- Category
- Chamber
- Duration
- 3'
- Premiere
- World: London, November 20th, 1964 (London Junior Orchestra, cond. Ernest Read)
- Publisher
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Publishing Status
- Published
- Orchestration Of
- Down a Country Lane (for piano) (1962)
- Year Orchestrated
- 1964
Buying Options
Boosey & HawkesProgram Note
Copland enjoyed the challenge of composing for young performers. Life Magazine commissioned a piano piece and featured it in a 1962 issue of the magazine with photographs and a homespun article that explained, "Copland's Down a Country Lane fills a musical gap: It is among the few modern pieces specially written for young piano students by a major composer." Copland was quoted: "Even third-year students will have to practice before trying it in public."
- Author
- Vivian Perlis
- Year
- 1998
