Symphony No. 1 (Coates)

The Symphony No. 1, Music on Open Strings, is a composition for string orchestra written between 1972 and 1974 by the American composer Gloria Coates. Its world premiere was held at the 1978 Warsaw Autumn festival where it was performed by the Polish Chamber Orchestra. The piece received wider recognition in 1980 when it became the first composition by a woman to be featured at the Musica Viva festival in Munich. The symphony is dedicated in memory of the Russian composer Alexander Tcherepnin, under whom Coates studied.

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