Othello: A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts.

Orchestra score of Giuseppe Verdi's operatic masterpiece Otello, a lyrical drama in four acts, with the libretto by Arrigo Boito after Shakespeare. Octavo, publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Association copy, inscribed on the title page to composer Charles Strouse by the celebrated orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, “ 5/11/83 To Charles with thanks and admiration - Jonathan. ‘Dance a Little Closer.’” Tunick orchestrated Strouse's musical Dance a Little Closer (book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner), which opened at the Minskoff Theatre on May 11, 1983 — the very date of this inscription — so that the gift of an opera score from orchestrator to composer stands as a fitting and poignant memento of their collaboration. One of the most honored orchestrators in the history of the American musical theater, Jonathan Tunick is among the rare winners of all four major American entertainment awards — the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony — and is celebrated above all for his decades-long partnership with Stephen Sondheim, for whom he orchestrated Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, and Sweeney Todd, among many others. The recipient, Charles Strouse, was a Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award–winning composer whose fifty-year career produced some of the most beloved scores of the American musical theater - among them Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, and Annie - as well as the theme song for the classic sitcom All in the Family (“Those Were the Days”); his honors include three Tony Awards and induction into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Theater Hall of Fame. From the collection of Charles Strouse and his wife, the choreographer Barbara Siman. In near fine condition with light toning and rubbing.