Kapell, William. (1922-1953)
Signed Concert Program
Concert program from the brilliant young American pianist's 1948 performance at the Alumni Memorial Auditorium in Knoxville, TN, inscribed in pencil: "Best regards from William Kapell." 6 x 23 in. (15 x 22.7 cm.) Central vertical crease, encore written in pencil at the bottom of program listing, else fine. Together with a promotional bust portrait photograph (light creases and three notches on the right side, else fine; 8 x 10 inches (21.5 x 25.8 cm)) and with a clipping of local music critic Malcolm Miller's review of the concert for The Knoxville Journal, measuring approximately 4 x 4.75 inches (10.5 x 12 cm). His review was positive, and Mr. Miller has also signed the program.The great pianist's flourishing career was cut tragically short by a plane crash on the way back from Australia. Copland wrote of him: “I cannot conceive of his ever having given a dull performance – an erratic one, perhaps, a misguided or stylistically incongruous one maybe, but invariably one that was electric and alive.” (18280)
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