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I BOUGHT ME A CAT. Adapted by Aaron Copland. Transcribed for Three Part Men's Chorus and Solos by Irving Fine.
by Copland, Aaron
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very good
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(New York): Boosey & Hawkes, (1952).. (1952).. Very good. - Tall octavo, softcover, unbound self-wraps. 4 cream-colored sheets are folded once to form 16 pages, each 10-3/8 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide. Title page with pictorial border of singing heads down the left margin & 15 pages of music. The edges of the last page are darkened. Very good.
First edition of this version. "Reference Copy" is stamped on the title page.
I Bought Me a Cat is a children's song on the lines of Old MacDonald, with a verse repeating and adding a new animal with each repeat [the last "animal" being a wife]. The accompaniment imitates the barnyard sounds of the cat, duck, goose, hen, pig, horse and cow.
I Bought Me a Cat is one of five American folk tunes which Copland arranged at the request of Benjamin Britten, who planned to program them in his Aldeburgh Music and Art Festival. Copland wrote this first set of Old American Songs for male soloist and piano in 1950 and they were premiered in June of that year by Peter Pears with Britten at the piano.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33931
- Title
- I BOUGHT ME A CAT. Adapted by Aaron Copland. Transcribed for Three Part Men's Chorus and Solos by Irving Fine.
- Author
- Copland, Aaron
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- (New York): Boosey & Hawkes, (1952).
- Date Published
- (1952).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MUSIC; AMERICAN MUSIC; AMERICAN COMPOSER; AARON COPLAND; FOLK SONG; I BOUGHT ME A CAT; CHILDREN'S SONG; BENJAMIN BRITTEN; MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL, ALDEBURGH; SCORE; IRVING FINE; TRANSCRIPTION FOR THREE PART MEN'S CHORUS AND SOLOS; FIRST EDITION OF
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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