Toy Symphony (Arnold)

The Toy Symphony, Op. 62, is a symphony scored for strings, piano and toy instruments, composed by Malcolm Arnold in 1957. The instruments specified are: quail whistle, cuckoo whistle (doubling guard's whistle), trumpet in F (playing four notes), trumpet in C (one note), trumpet in G (one note), three dulcimers (1; F & C: 2; D & A: 3; B flat & F), triangle, cymbal and drum, with piano and string quartet. There are three brief movements, with a total running time of less than ten minutes. I. AllegroII. AllegrettoIII. Vivace

Toy Symphony (Arnold)

The Toy Symphony, Op. 62, is a symphony scored for strings, piano and toy instruments, composed by Malcolm Arnold in 1957. The instruments specified are: quail whistle, cuckoo whistle (doubling guard's whistle), trumpet in F (playing four notes), trumpet in C (one note), trumpet in G (one note), three dulcimers (1; F & C: 2; D & A: 3; B flat & F), triangle, cymbal and drum, with piano and string quartet. There are three brief movements, with a total running time of less than ten minutes. I. AllegroII. AllegrettoIII. Vivace