Quintet for piano and strings (affectionately titled The Red Snapper Quintet) was commissioned by Robert Freeman and members of his family in loving memory of his father, Henry Freeman (1909-97). In 1930, Henry Freeman became the first bassist to graduate from the Eastman School of Music. He was later invited by Serge Koussevitsky to join the Boston Symphony Orchestra where he served from 1945-67, and during the last two years of that period Mr. Freeman served as Principal Bassist.

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