Cowell, Henry. (1897 - 1965). "Liberation," Signed Manuscript Facsimile Score. New York: [1940]. First edition. Upright folio (39 cm), full score. 24 pp. Vintage dyeline facsimile, original gray paper wrappers, pages printed on one side only, glued back to back (mostly separated, as such). Scattered small margin tears, light creases and soiling, overall fine. Titled "Liberation" and signed "Henry Cowell, 61-7th Ave. So. N.Y. city" in ink by the composer on front cover title plate, where he has also crossed out the printed "Reproduced and Bound By Independent Music Publishers." Additional pencil writing on cover, canceling the original address and replacing it with "169 W. 102 st." and later subtitled in blue ink: "Mvt. #1 of Symphony No. 2 Anthropos / Copyist's hand / C.F. Peters pub." Very rare, OCLC records only 2 copies.
"Liberation," is in fact the last of four parts of Cowell's Second Symphony, "Anthropos" (Repose, Activity, Repression, Liberation), composed during Cowell’s incarceration. Arrested on morals charges, publicly shamed in a celebrity trial for having had consensual oral sex with young men, the composer was sentenced to 15 years in San Quentin, of which he served 4 before being paroled and eventually pardoned by Gov. Earl Warren so that he could become a musical ambassador for the State Department. While in prison, he taught music to his fellow inmates, started a prison band, and composed - among others - the present work.
"Liberation," is in fact the last of four parts of Cowell's Second Symphony, "Anthropos" (Repose, Activity, Repression, Liberation), composed during Cowell’s incarceration. Arrested on morals charges, publicly shamed in a celebrity trial for having had consensual oral sex with young men, the composer was sentenced to 15 years in San Quentin, of which he served 4 before being paroled and eventually pardoned by Gov. Earl Warren so that he could become a musical ambassador for the State Department. While in prison, he taught music to his fellow inmates, started a prison band, and composed - among others - the present work.
Cowell, Henry. (1897 - 1965). "Liberation," Signed Manuscript Facsimile Score. New York: [1940]. First edition. Upright folio (39 cm), full score. 24 pp. Vintage dyeline facsimile, original gray paper wrappers, pages printed on one side only, glued back to back (mostly separated, as such). Scattered small margin tears, light creases and soiling, overall fine. Titled "Liberation" and signed "Henry Cowell, 61-7th Ave. So. N.Y. city" in ink by the composer on front cover title plate, where he has also crossed out the printed "Reproduced and Bound By Independent Music Publishers." Additional pencil writing on cover, canceling the original address and replacing it with "169 W. 102 st." and later subtitled in blue ink: "Mvt. #1 of Symphony No. 2 Anthropos / Copyist's hand / C.F. Peters pub." Very rare, OCLC records only 2 copies.
"Liberation," is in fact the last of four parts of Cowell's Second Symphony, "Anthropos" (Repose, Activity, Repression, Liberation), composed during Cowell’s incarceration. Arrested on morals charges, publicly shamed in a celebrity trial for having had consensual oral sex with young men, the composer was sentenced to 15 years in San Quentin, of which he served 4 before being paroled and eventually pardoned by Gov. Earl Warren so that he could become a musical ambassador for the State Department. While in prison, he taught music to his fellow inmates, started a prison band, and composed - among others - the present work.
"Liberation," is in fact the last of four parts of Cowell's Second Symphony, "Anthropos" (Repose, Activity, Repression, Liberation), composed during Cowell’s incarceration. Arrested on morals charges, publicly shamed in a celebrity trial for having had consensual oral sex with young men, the composer was sentenced to 15 years in San Quentin, of which he served 4 before being paroled and eventually pardoned by Gov. Earl Warren so that he could become a musical ambassador for the State Department. While in prison, he taught music to his fellow inmates, started a prison band, and composed - among others - the present work.