▁to ▁Br is elli ▁was ▁" p ract ical ▁and ▁play able ." ▁A ▁Curt is ▁student , ▁Herbert ▁Ba um el , ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁excellent ▁sight ▁reader , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁study ▁the ▁finale ▁for ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁hours , ▁then ▁to ▁join ▁Bar ber ▁in ▁pian ist ▁Josef ▁Hof mann ' s ▁studio . ▁After ▁review ing ▁the ▁music , ▁Ba um el ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁studio ▁to ▁discover ▁an ▁audience ▁of ▁Bar ber , ▁Gian ▁Carlo ▁Men otti , ▁Mary ▁Louise ▁Curt is ▁B ok ▁( found er ▁of ▁the ▁Curt is ▁Institute ), ▁and ▁Ed ith ▁Braun , ▁a ▁friend ▁of ▁Mrs . ▁B ok . ▁In ▁the ▁correspond ence ▁Bar ber ▁writes , ▁" My ▁friends ▁... ▁liked ▁it , ▁so ▁did ▁I ." ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁private ▁performance ▁by ▁Ba um el ▁with ▁the ▁Curt is ▁Institute ▁Orchestra ▁under ▁Fritz ▁Re iner . ▁That ▁performance ▁brought ▁the ▁piece ▁to ▁the ▁further ▁attention ▁of ▁Eug ene ▁Or m andy , ▁who ▁soon ▁scheduled ▁its ▁official ▁premi ere ▁in ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁performances ▁by ▁Albert ▁Sp ald ing ▁with ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁Orchestra ▁in ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Music ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁[ The ▁actual ▁premi ere ▁was ▁on ▁February ▁ 7 .] ▁Those ▁performances ▁were ▁followed ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁by ▁a ▁repeat ▁performance ▁in ▁Car neg ie ▁Hall , ▁and ▁from ▁that ▁point ,