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This is a call for anyone interested to help in expanding this. The stub article was created using the liner notes of the CD recording I have. However the notes lack details on just when/where and by whom the first performance was given, or even if the composer had a specific performer in mind when he wrote it.Graham1973 (talk) 14:44, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. And yet you seem to have found something about this at Answers.com. Unfortunately, the provided link does not lead to anything even mentioning Piston. The commissioning information is in Bruce Archibald's review of the score, which I have added in a different context. I think perhaps this source should be substituted for the bad link to answers.com.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 18:08, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Just as a heads up, I plan to add stub articles for those orchestral compositions released by Naxos in my possession. Help expanding those also would be appreciated.Graham1973 (talk) 00:27, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That's what I get for helping out with one new article—a whole queue of further ones! Well, I'll see what I can do. And you are welcome.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 03:50, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again, Symphonies 2,4 & 6 are up. No.2 had the worst liner notes, with nothing on the background to the work, not even details of the first performance. I'll be moving on to the Violin Concertos & the Fantasia soon.Graham1973 (talk) 15:39, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I've seen those, and have already made a modest addition (Further reading section) to Symphony No. 4. Howard Pollack's 1982 book is the standard reference on Piston, and certainly contains the basic data you are seeking. I don't own a copy myself, but if you or someone else doesn't get there first, the library here has it and I may be able to dig out the data in a day or two.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 16:05, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Is the book you are referring to 'Harvard composers : Walter Piston and his students, from Elliott Carter to Frederic Rzewski? It is in the local library systemGraham1973 (talk)
Well, no, but that book may also contain some useful information. The one I meant is Walter Piston (Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1982).—Jerome Kohl (talk) 18:28, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
