Aaron Copland's script for Orson Welles' The five kings, photographs and half sheet of a musical score, 1939-1991.

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Aaron Copland's script for Orson Welles' The five kings, photographs and half sheet of a musical score, 1939-1991.

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The original typed script ([129] leaves for the play, The five kings, includes Copland's extensive handwritten notes, drawings and a half sheet of music. The script is accompanied by four original photographs; in addition, there are 9 leaves of colored xerox reproductions of 15 photographs, a black & white inscribed photograph (dated 1985) of Copland, an invitation to a memorial concert for Copland (Apr. 20, 1991), a handwritten note to Victor [Busso] from Verna Fine (Apr. 22, 1991), and the program for the Aaron Copland Memorial Concert (Apr. 20, 1991). Photographs include two black and white portraits of Copland (ca. 1957), various pictures taken during the 1980s with Copland (featured in the pictures are Leonard Bernstein, Victor Hugo Busso, Irene Wiley and Elliot Goldenthal). From 1982 to 1987 Victor Busso acted a the primary caretaker for Copland, managing his household, cooking and keeping track of nurses. During that time, Busso took on several friends as cohelpers, among which were Irene Wiley and Elliott Goldenthal. For additional information, see Howard Pollack's Aaron Copland (Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2000), p. 543-544.

15 items ; 9-30 cm.

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