Orchestral composition
Windows is a one-movement orchestral composition written by Jacob Druckman in 1972. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in the same year. "Windows" was commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation for conductor Bruno Maderna and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and is dedicated to conductor Serge Koussevitzky and his wife Natalie.
Druckman himself explained the name of the composition as follows:
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Much of the work involves the use of aleatoric processes, similar to those associated with Witold Lutosławski. "Windows" was originally going to share a program with Claude Debussy's "Jeux" when it was premiered and Druckman wanted to pay homage to Debussy.
A typical performance of the piece lasts about 20 minutes.
Instrumentation.
The work is written for an orchestra with the following instrumentation.
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