1944 PREMIERE AARON COPLAND APPALACHIAN SPRING LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MUSIC PROGRAM

Description

October 1944 premiere performance of Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland commissioned by the Coolidge Foundation to be used in a ballet performance by choreographer and dancer Martha Graham held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. for the 10th Chamber Music Festival.  For this composition Copland was awarded the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Along with Appalachian Spring by Copland, French composer Darius Milhaud considered to be one of the key modernist composers of the 20th century and German composer Paul Hindemith were commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation to compose music to be used for choreographic work by Martha Graham for ballet performances at the Library of Congress Festival.
The program is in near-mint superb condition.
This important iconic program is exceedingly rare as it is for the premiere performance of what is considered to be an iconic music composition of distinguished significance in American music culture.  One other known example of this program is held at the Library of Congress which is not in the superb condition that this program is in.
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