Author: Copland, Aaron.
Title: The Dodger. Adapted by Aaron Copland. Transcribed for Baritone Solo and Four Part Men's Chorus by Irving Fine.
Description: (New York): Boosey & Hawkes, (1952). (1952). (New York): Boosey & Hawkes, (1952). (1952). Good. - Tall octavo, softcover, unbound self-wraps. 2 cream-colored sheets are folded once to form 8 pages, each 10-3/8 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide, plus an additional single leaf. Title page with pictorial border of singing heads down the left margin & 8 pages of music. There are a few small stains & some very light foxing to the title page & its left edge is darkened. The last page of music is darkened & lightly foxed. The bottom page corners are lightly bumped. Good. First edition of this version. "Complimentary Copy" is stamped on the title page. The Dodger Song is a 19th-century American folksong, which was apparently used by the progressives as a campaign song to belittle Republican James G. Blaine. The Dodger is one of five American folk tunes which Copland arranged at the request of Benjamin Britten, who planned to program them in his Aldeburgh Music and Art Festival. Copland wrote this first set of Old American Songs for male soloist and piano in 1950 and they were premiered in June of that year by Peter Pears with Britten at the piano. Good .
Keywords: MUSIC; AMERICAN MUSIC; AMERICAN COMPOSER; AARON COPLAND; FOLK SONG; THE DODGER; BENJAMIN BRITTEN; ALDEBURGH; SCORE; IRVING FINE; TRANSCRIPTION FOR BARITONE SOLO AND FOUR PART MEN'S CHORUS; FIRST EDITION OF THIS VERSION; 1ST EDITION OF THIS VERSION.
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Title: The Dodger. Adapted by Aaron Copland. Transcribed for Baritone Solo and Four Part Men's Chorus by Irving Fine.
Description: (New York): Boosey & Hawkes, (1952). (1952). (New York): Boosey & Hawkes, (1952). (1952). Good. - Tall octavo, softcover, unbound self-wraps. 2 cream-colored sheets are folded once to form 8 pages, each 10-3/8 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide, plus an additional single leaf. Title page with pictorial border of singing heads down the left margin & 8 pages of music. There are a few small stains & some very light foxing to the title page & its left edge is darkened. The last page of music is darkened & lightly foxed. The bottom page corners are lightly bumped. Good. First edition of this version. "Complimentary Copy" is stamped on the title page. The Dodger Song is a 19th-century American folksong, which was apparently used by the progressives as a campaign song to belittle Republican James G. Blaine. The Dodger is one of five American folk tunes which Copland arranged at the request of Benjamin Britten, who planned to program them in his Aldeburgh Music and Art Festival. Copland wrote this first set of Old American Songs for male soloist and piano in 1950 and they were premiered in June of that year by Peter Pears with Britten at the piano. Good .
Keywords: MUSIC; AMERICAN MUSIC; AMERICAN COMPOSER; AARON COPLAND; FOLK SONG; THE DODGER; BENJAMIN BRITTEN; ALDEBURGH; SCORE; IRVING FINE; TRANSCRIPTION FOR BARITONE SOLO AND FOUR PART MEN'S CHORUS; FIRST EDITION OF THIS VERSION; 1ST EDITION OF THIS VERSION.
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 33932
- Book number: 33932
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