The Selected Correspondence of Aaron Copland

by Wayne Shirley and Aaron Copland

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300111215
• ISBN13: 9780300111217
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"