Copland, Aaron. (1900–1990) [Berger, Arthur. (1912–2003)]
Song for Soprano, "As it Fell Upon a Day." Arthur Berger's Copy.
San Francisco: New Music, vol 2/4. 1929. First edition. Large folio, 14 pp. Original New Music Quarterly of Modern Composition wrappers. In very good condition, signed on the title page by Arthur Berger and from his library.An important association copy of a very early work by 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.
Arthur Berger (1912-2003) was an influential American composer, critic and teache, one of the first to write about Charles Ives and the first to write a book on the music of Aaron Copland. (2216)
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