Banda (Orchestra di fiati)
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In 1938, Kabalevsky composed incidental music for "The Inventor and the Comedians", a children's play produced in Moscow. The orchestral suite, premiered in 1940 under the title "The Comedians", depicts the experience of travelling comedians. This arrangement, featuring xylophone solo, was commissioned and premiered by the Bishop Ireton-St. Mary's Symphonic Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Garwood Whaley.