Description: Ned Rorem ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSITION 1945 PRAYER & PARAPHRASE For Virgil Thomson An early, important and scarce composition by American Composer NED ROREM. From Virgil Thomson’s personal collection. PRAYER AND PARAPHRASE for Virgil Thomson by NED ROREM NED ROREM music composition written in his hand. Signed holograph music manuscript reproduced by blue print process with Circle Blue Print Co., New York City printed in the bottom margin. Piano composition, small folio, one folded sheet 11” x 14”, opens to 22” x 14”, 2 pages. Beneath the last measure of Prayer is the number 9-25-45, and beneath the last measure of Paraphrase is the number 10-45. They are most likely the composition dates, September 25, 1945 and October 1945. Such copies are made for a performance, usually not many exist. GOOD CONDITION: The sheet is toned, lightly foxed, slightly fragile, the fold is tender and starting to split but holding, tiny tears and chips to edges, otherwise the piece is bright, unmarked, completely legible, and remains upright on a music stand. Scarce, OCLC locates only one other copy archived at Yale in the Virgil Thomson Papers. Ned Rorem (1923-2022) Iconic American Composer and Diarist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1976 for his Air Music: Ten Etudes for Orchestra. Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) American Composer and Critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. In 1949, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for the score to the film Louisiana Story. Click Here to View More Gardenenvy Items Please click here to contact me if you have any questions. SHIPPING by Media Mail is for US destinations only. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS Please See Calculated Shipping Costs For Your Country. Media Mail (though reliable) can be VERY SLOW -- Priority Mail is also available. THANK YOU!!
Price: 2150 USD
Location: San Anselmo, California
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Composer: NED ROREM. Original Piano Composition In His Hand
Original/Reproduction: Reproduction
Genre: Classical, Opera & Ballet
