March 2021 Catalogue

14 I m a g i n e d W o r l d s E a r l y M a r c h 2 0 2 1 Inscribed By Aaron Copland 12. COPLAND, Aaron. Piano Fantasy. New York, 1957. Quarto, original printed wrappers. $500. Click for more info First edition, inscribed: “Aaron Copland / 1986.” Commissioned by the Julliard School, Piano Fantasy uses the twelve-tone system sometimes adopted by Copland in his later compositions. “with his rich diversity and his unusual ability to move from one style to another, some listeners ask, ‘Which is the real, truest Copland?’ The answer is that each style of his varied output is an authentic expression of this particularly wide-ranging master. His distinctive voice is always pure Copland, be it the populist Lincoln Portrait (1942) or the experimental Piano Fantasy (1952-57)” (Dubal, 614-15). Near-fine condition.