Copland, Aaron. (1900–1990)
Copland Conducts Copland: Appalachian Spring - SIGNED
Signed 1974 Columbia Masterworks – M 32736 record Copland Conducts Copland – Appalachian Spring (Complete Ballet), First Recording Of The Original Version with Columbia Chamber Orchestra, boldly signed in black ink on the back of the sleeve and dated 1978. In very fine condition. 12 x 12 inches (20.8 x 30.8 cm).The ballet, scored by Aaron Copland for a thirteen-member chamber orchestra, was created upon commission of choreographer and dancer Martha Graham with funds from the Coolidge Foundation headed by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge; it premiered on Monday, October 30 1944, at the Library of Congress in Washington DC, with Martha Graham dancing the lead role. The set was designed by the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Copland was awarded the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his achievement.
A fine example from the Brooklyn-born composer who, more than any other figure, was instrumental in defining the “sound” of American classical music in the first half of the 20th century and in helping American composers to attain a new level of worldwide respectability. (22983)
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