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Poster, Strauss, Mahler, Stravinski - The Yale Symphony

This is a Poster. It was designed by Christopher Pullman. It is dated ca. 1970 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is screenprint on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Ken Friedman. It is credited Gift of Ken Friedman.

Its dimensions are

65.9 x 50.8 cm (25 15/16 x 20 in. )

It is inscribed

Imprinted lower left, footnote 1 in script: composed in 1913 for the opening of / The Vienna Konzerthaus, and / probably the loudest ten minutes of unamplified music composed for / orchestra. Woolsey's Newberry Or- / gan is the third largest in the world, / making the interaction between / the 120 member Yale Symphony / and James Meehan at te organ about equal in decibel potential. At lower center, footnote 2 in script: the last work completed by the / composer before his death in 1911. / Its profound lyricism was seen by / the composer not only as a farewell / to life but a farewell to the lush / romantic style he had perfected. At lower right, footnote 3 in script: first heard in 1913 and seen by many / to be the begining of the modern / era of music. Its unprecedented / rhythmic complexity coupled with / the primal simplicity of its musical / ideas make it Stravinski's most / famous and infamous works. / John Mauceri begins his sixth season / as music director of the orchestra / with this concert.

Cite this object as

Poster, Strauss, Mahler, Stravinski - The Yale Symphony; Designed by Christopher Pullman (American, b. 1941); screenprint on white wove paper; 65.9 x 50.8 cm (25 15/16 x 20 in. ); Gift of Ken Friedman; 1997-19-272

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