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Windows is a one-movement orchestral composition written by Jacob Druckman in 1972. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in the same year. Windows was commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation for conductor Bruno Maderna and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and is dedicated to conductor Serge Koussevitzky and his wife Natalie.

Instrumentation
The work is written for an orchestra with the following instrumentation. ;Woodwinds : 3 flutes (3rd doubles piccolos) : 2 oboes : 1 English horn : 2 B clarinets : 1 B bass clarinet : 2 bassoons : 1 contrabassoon ;Brass : 4 horns (asst. 1st and 3rd advisable) : 3 trumpets (C) : 3 trombones (3rd tenor-bass with F attachment) : 1 tuba ;Other: 1 harp : 1 keyboard player playing piano and electric organ ;Percussion (3 players) : 1 glockenspiel : 1 vibraphone : 1 marimba : 1 steel drum : chimes : 1 timpani : 2 bass drums : 2 conga drums : 1 snare drum : 1 pair of timbales : 2 pairs of bongos : 3 temple blocks : 2 wood blocks : 2 tam-tams : 2 gongs (mid-range, without definite pitch) : 2 large suspended cymbals : 2 small suspended cymbals : 1 large sizzle cymbal : 1 heavy spring coil with sizzles : 1 saw ;Strings : violins : violas : cellos : contrabasses == References ==
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