| Series |
[Ralph Chicorel collection]
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| Contents |
Introduction. The Mittenthals and the Coplands -- Brooklyn: 1900-1921 -- Fontainebleau: summer 1921 -- Paris: 1921-1924 -- Interlude I -- New York: 1924-1926 -- Interlude II -- Music for musicians: 1928-1930 -- Yaddo and Mexico: 1930-1932 -- Interlude III -- Music for the people: 1934-1937 -- Music for use: 1937-1939 -- Hollywood: 1939-1940 -- Interlude IV -- The early war years: 1941-1942. |
| Abstract |
Aaron Copland is one of America's most beloved musical pioneers, famous for Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, and Lincoln Portrait, as well as the movie scores for "Our Town" and "Of Mice and Men," and numerous orchestral and chamber works. This candid, colorful memoir begins with Copland's Brooklyn childhood and takes us through his years in Paris, the creation of his early works, and his arrival at Tanglewood. Rich with remembrances from Leonard Bernstein, Virgil Thomson, and Nadia Boulanger, as well as a trove of letters, photographs, and scores from Copland's collection, this is one of our most vivid musical autobiographies, and an enduring record of an American maestro's explosively creative coming of age. |
| Local note | Joyner Wright Coll. copy inscribed "with friendly greetings for Stuart [Wright], Aaron Copland and Vivian Perlis." Includes dust jacket. Laid in are a program for the Aaron Copland Memorial Concert at the Lincoln Center (April 21, 1991); The Copland Society newsletter (January 14, 1998); a letter from Copland to Wright (November 18, 1978); a postcard of Marcos Blavhoe's portrait of Copland (1972); a letter from Florence H. Stevens, president of The Copland heritage association, to Wright with a print of Rock Hill, home of Aaron Copland (April 4, 1997); a clipping about David Diamond from the Daily Telegraph (June 25, 2005); a note from David W. to Wright (October 10); and a program for the North Carolina school of arts Copland festival (March 1971). Stuart Wright Book Collection #171.6. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Aaron Copland Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Local note | Little-245307 - $15.84 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-389) and index. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Wright Coll. copy purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012 |
| LCCN | 84011703 |
| ISBN | 0312169620 : |
