Russell Steinberg: Music
Battle from War Piece
(Sextet: Fl, Tpt, St. Qt.)
War piece is a sextet for Flute, Trumpet, and String Quartet. There are 3 movements: Battle, Funeral Plain, Crows and Flies. Total time about 15 minutes. I wrote this piece while studying at Harvard and it nearly got me expelled. The music has a neo-Prokovief flavor and my professors decided I was a rigid reactionary. Another problem was that the piece received an ovation from the audience.