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Silent Spring (composition)
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<p><i>Silent Spring</i> is a 2011 <a href="/facts/Symphonic_poem/ADXY66pH">symphonic poem</a> for <a href="/facts/Orchestra/C5Ha0d0G">orchestra</a> by the American composer <a href="/facts/Steven_Stucky/XXMbUwcC">Steven Stucky</a>. The piece was written to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the environmental science book <i><a href="/facts/Silent_Spring/NkAlvAn2">Silent Spring</a></i> by <a href="/facts/Rachel_Carson/WAWPPC3g">Rachel Carson</a> and was commissioned by the <a href="/facts/Pittsburgh_Symphony_Orchestra/7HpICoko">Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra</a> in collaboration with the Rachel Carson Institute at <a href="/facts/Chatham_University/NKe6FRzW">Chatham University</a>. The work was premiered in <a href="/facts/Pittsburgh/42yPHyS0">Pittsburgh</a> on February 17, 2012, with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra <a href="/facts/Conducting/PaK3wlgP">conducted</a> by <a href="/facts/Manfred_Honeck/mxWxTaCS">Manfred Honeck</a>. </p>