Title: Gita
Commission:
Completed: 1967
Instrumentation: three trumpets, two French horns, three trombones, tuba, and chorus
Premiere Location: Tanglewood Music Center, MA
Premiere Ensemble:
Notes: The Foundation also issued an award for Schafer’s Requiems for the Party Girl (1969), but it was not formally a Fromm Commission as it had already been commissioned by the CBC.