Appalachian Spring: Score - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1480342327 ISBN 13: 9781480342323

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Inc, 2004

Synopsis

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). "Appalachian Spring" was composed in 1943-44 as a ballet for Miss Martha Graham on a commission from the Elisabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation. It was first performed by Miss Graham and her company at the Coolidge Festival in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., on October 30, 1944. The original scoring called for a chamber ensemble of thirteen instruments. The present arrangement for symphony orchestra was made by the composer in the spring of 1945. It is a condensed version of the ballet, retaining all essential features but omitting those sections in which the interest is primarily choreographic. In 1945 "Appalachian Spring" received the Pulitzer Prize for music as well as the award of the Music Critics Circle of New York for the outstanding theatrical work of the season.

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Copland is recognized as one of modern music's most important composers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1480342327
• ISBN 13: 9781480342323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 86