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Robert Starer

Samson Agonistes

PublisherMCA/Universal
Instrumentation2+1 2+1 2+1 2+1 . 4 3 3 1 . Tmp. Per. Pf/Cel. Str.
Duration13'
CommissionSamson Agonistes, a Symphonic Portrait was composed during the summer of 1963. It is the symphonic version of the score written for Martha Graham, two years earlier. It was premiered on May 8, 1965 by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, under the abton of