Fantasia for Strings
In Two Movements
by Peter Mennin
Orchestra - Sheet Music

Orchestra Cello, Contrabassi, Viola, Violin I, Violin II

SKU: CF.CY4015F

In Two Movements. Composed by Peter Mennin. SWS. Full score. With Standard notation. 32 pages. Carl Fischer Music #CY4015F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CY4015F).

ISBN 9781491149454. UPC: 680160906956. 9 x 12 inches.

Not well received in its earliest performances, Mennin's Fantasia was impressive enough to engender fondest hopes for the young composer's promise when he would reach his 30s! Its two movements are somewhat darker than Mennin's usual tone, but have held up very well in the decades since. "The Fantasia can be especially illuminating to listeners new to Mennin's music because it displays, simply and clearly, virtually all the principles upon which most of his later works are constructed." (Walter Simmons, The Music of William Schuman, Vincent Persichetti, and Peter Mennin: Voices of Stone and Steel).