The selected correspondence of Aaron Copland / edited by Elizabeth B. Crist and Wayne Shirley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.

Contributor:

Crist, Elizabeth Bergman.

Shirley, Wayne D.

Standardized Title:

Correspondence. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990--Correspondence.

Copland, Aaron.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.

Composers--United States--Correspondence.

Composers.

United States.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

xv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2006]

Summary:

This is the first book devoted to the correspondence of composer Aaron Copland, covering his life from age eight to eighty-seven. The chronologically arranged collection includes letters to many significant figures in American twentieth-century music as well as Copland' s friends, family, teachers, and colleagues. Selected for readability, interest, and the light they cast upon the composer' s thoughts and career, the letters are carefully annotated and each published in its entirety. Copland was a gifted and natural letter writer who revealed much more about himself in his letters than in formal writings in which he was conscious of his position as spokesman for modern music. The collected letters offer insights into his music, personality, and ideas, along with fascinating glimpses into the lives of such other well-known musicians as Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Chá vez, William Schuman, and Virgil Thomson.

Contents:

Brooklyn and Paris, 1909-24

The world of modern music, 1924-31

The depression years, 1932-37

Musical triumphs, 1937-42

During and after the war, 1942-48

The post-war decade, 1948-58

1958 and beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0300111215

OCLC:

61162214

Publisher Number:

9780300111217

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