Konzertmusik für Streichorchester und Blechbläser (German for Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass), Op.
It was one of a large group of pieces commissioned for the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by its music director, Serge Koussevitzky (others include the Piano Concerto in G major by Maurice Ravel, the Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky, and Aaron Copland's Symphonic Ode).
Koussevitzky conducted the premiere of Hindemith's work with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on 3 April 1931.
48, and the Konzertmusik für Klavier, Blechbläser und Harfen (Concert Music for Piano, Brass and Harps), Op.
Some twenty minutes in duration, Hindemith's score is cast in two movements, each divided into several sections: The score of this work calls for 4 French horns in F, 4 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, bass tuba and a four-section string orchestra of violins, violas, cellos and double basses.