COPLAND, Aaron; Vivian Perlis [Charles Strouse].
Copland: Since 1943.
New York: St. Martin's Press , 1989.
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First Edition of Aaron Copland and Vivian Perlis's Copland: Since 1943; From the Collection of Broadway Composer Charles Strouse
First edition of the second and final volume of Aaron Copland's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, frontispiece, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and facsimile reproductions of letters. From the collection of Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning composer Charles Strouse and his wife, choreographer Barbara Siman. Over his 50-year career, Charles Strouse wrote the music for such iconic musical theater hits as 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 partnership with Martin Charnin on Annie produced one of Broadway's most successful scores ever, with "Tomorrow" and other songs from the production becoming enduring American musical standards admired by generations. His reach knew no genre or generation – from a number-one Billboard hit in 1958 to Jay-Z's Grammy-winning sampling of "It's the Hard-Knock Life" four decades later – and his honors include three Tony Awards and induction into both the Songwriters and Theater Halls of Fame. With his ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear and toning to the spine. Written with the oral historian Vivian Perlis. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello.
Copland: Since 1943 (1989) is the second and concluding volume of the autobiography of Aaron Copland (1900-1990), the composer widely regarded as the dean of American music, written in collaboration with the oral historian Vivian Perlis. Picking up where Copland: 1900 Through 1942 (1984) left off, it carries the story from the creation of some of his most beloved works, including the ballet Appalachian Spring (1944), which won the Pulitzer Prize, through his later decades as composer, conductor, teacher, and cultural ambassador. Constructed from Copland's own narrative interwoven with "interludes" of reminiscence by friends, colleagues, and fellow artists, the book draws on Perlis's extensive interviews to create a vivid documentary portrait of American musical life in the twentieth century. Copland's concert works, among them Billy the Kid, Rodeo, Fanfare for the Common Man, and the Third Symphony, helped define a distinctly American sound, and he remained one of the nation's most honored composers, a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal.
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