{"product_id":"18280-kapell-william-signed-concert-program","title":"Kapell, William. (1922-1953) Signed Concert Program","description":"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. \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe 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.” \u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093677559967,"sku":"18280","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Kapell_2C_William_signed_program_18280.jpg?v=1722189631","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/18280-kapell-william-signed-concert-program","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}