{"product_id":"22512-lees-benjamin-autograph-musical-quotation-signed","title":"Lees, Benjamin. (1924–2010) Autograph musical quotation signed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAMQS by the American composer: Symphony No. 3, beginning of Interlude 1, four and a half measures\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e  Two connected staves, upper marked \"Tenor Sax\" and lower \"Temple Blocks\".  Signed and dated, \"June 1979.\"  Sheet torn and cut from a 12-staff pad.  5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm).  Some creases; overall in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"In \u003cspan class=\"date\"\u003e1954 Lees \u003c\/span\u003ereceived a Guggenheim Fellowship allowing him to work in Europe.  His aim was to remain uninfluenced by the turbulent American scene and to create his own style.  He worked away from the academic centres where many American composers had studied, living at Longpont-sur-Orge, France (\u003cspan class=\"date\"\u003e1954–5\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"date\"\u003e1957–61\u003c\/span\u003e), Vienna (\u003cspan class=\"date\"\u003e1955–6\u003c\/span\u003e) and Helsinki (\u003cspan class=\"date\"\u003e1956–7\u003c\/span\u003e).  He returned to the USA in \u003cspan class=\"date\"\u003e1961\u003c\/span\u003e with many mature and impressive works, thereafter dividing his time between composition and teaching, at the Peabody Conservatory (\u003cspan class=\"date\"\u003e1962–4\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"date\"\u003e1966–8\u003c\/span\u003e) and in New York at Queens College (\u003cspan class=\"date\"\u003e1964–6\u003c\/span\u003e), the Manhattan School (\u003cspan class=\"date\"\u003e1972–4\u003c\/span\u003e) and the Juilliard School (\u003cspan class=\"date\"\u003e1976–7\u003c\/span\u003e).\"  Niall O’Loughlin in \u003ci\u003eGrove Music Online\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093815709855,"sku":"22512","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/LeesBenjaminAMQS22512.jpg?v=1781988853","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/22512-lees-benjamin-autograph-musical-quotation-signed","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}