Revelation

Full title Revelation for piano four hands / Meditation for piano four hands
Date composed 1941
Details Composer's arrangement for piano four hands of one of the Three Intermezzi for string quartet or string orchestra (1941); this arrangement, completed on 14 December 1941, was originally titled Meditation.
Dedication on holograph: to our dear friend Rebecca Bradbeer; an alternative dedication—to Media Friends Meeting—was included on the printed program for a 21 March 1947 performance. 
Performance duration: ca. 4 min.
Manuscript sources NYPL JOB 73-158, holograph score (1 folded folio), with title and note at the top of page 1: Meditation / Andante mod / Dedicated to our dear friend Rebecca Bradbeer; and note at end: 14./XII. 1941.
Publication details 1966, Whitney Blake; today the publisher of record is ACA.
Availabiity Performance score available from ACA and KWF.
Recordings  
Performances (click icon to expand or collapse list)
29 November 1942 New York, Media Friends Vesper Program: Karl and Vally Weigl. Also on program: works by Bach; Schubert; Beethoven; Brahms; Dvorak.
21 March 1947 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Old Philadelphia Custom House, American Friends Service Committee Benefit Concert for Work in Germany: Karl Weigl and Vally Weigl. Also on program: Schubert, Esterhazy Phantasie; and songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms.
2 December 1947 Westtown, Pennsylvania, Westtown Alumni Committee for the Benefit of the Westtown 150th Anniversary Fund: Karl Weigl and Vally Weigl, piano. Also on program: Norwegian Dance, and works by Bach; Schubert; Brahms; Beethoven; Chopin; Kern; Debussy.