HENRY COWELL IN A PROGRAM OF HIS OWN COMPOSITIONS": ORIGINAL PROGRAM for the concert performed at "THE THEATRE OF THE GOLDEN BOUGH, Edward Gerhard Kustler, Director Carmel-by-the-Sea, California; July Fifteenth Nineteen Hundred Twenty-Four". [With a Note to HENRY COWELL together with 2 PHOTOGRAPHS of Cowell by EDWARD WESTON].

(Weston, Edward); Cowell, Henry.

Published by Carmel: Carmel Pine Cone Press, 1924., 1924

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Carmel: Carmel Pine Cone Press, 1924., 1924. Good. - Quarto, 9-1/4 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in buff self-wraps titled and decorated in green. A four-page program, with the theatre's name on the cover page with "Henry Cowell in a Program of his own compositions" printed in green opposite the program of works. A "Calendar" of forthcoming performances is printed on the last page. Folded both vertically and horizontally with a tear along the front edge of the folds and creasing to the front edge of the second leaf. "All Cowell" is penned in red at the top of the cover page. Good. A friend has inscribed the program with an apology on the second page "Dear Henry, I have a miserable headache, and am sorry indeed not to be able to see you to-night. Could you come to see me before you leave Carmel. Sincerely B. [Marrell ?]". Together with 2 photographs of Henry Cowell by Edward Weston. Both are the same image, although of differing sizes, portraying Henry Cowell in three-quarter profile from the shoulders up attired in what appears to be a satin like jacket over a dark shirt. One of the photographs measures 6-1/2 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide and the other, smaller image, measures 3-1/2 inches high by 2-3/4 inches wide. "Photo by Edward Weston about 1930" is penciled on the verso of the smaller photo. The photographs are housed in a period acetate sleeve identifying the portraits as dating from about 1925. The actual date of the printing of the photographs is unknown. The American photographer Edward Weston (1886-1958) settled in Carmel in 1929. Built by Edward G. Kuster in 1924, The Theatre of the Golden Bough opened on June 6, 1924. The program consisted of I. "The Voice of Lir", "Two Episodes", "Chiaroscuro", "Exultation"; II "The Visions of Ama"; III. "Dynamic Motion", "Amicable Conversation", "What's This?", "Supplication", "Advertisement"; IV. "Piece for Piano with Strings", "Romance", "Scherzo", "Anger Dance", and "The Tides of Manaunaun". The American composer Henry Cowell (1897-1965) was strongly influenced by Oriental music as well as Irish and Midwestern folk tunes. Exploring the music of Africa, Java, and India, he revolutionized American music with innovations such as tone clusters and directly plucking the piano's strings. His compositions include "Aeolian Harp", "The Tides of Manaunaun", "Sinister Resonance" and "The Lilt of the Reel".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HENRY COWELL IN A PROGRAM OF HIS OWN COMPOSITIONS": ORIGINAL PROGRAM for the concert performed at "THE THEATRE OF THE GOLDEN BOUGH, Edward Gerhard Kustler, Director Carmel-by-the-Sea, California; July Fifteenth Nineteen Hundred Twenty-Four". [With a Note to HENRY COWELL together with 2 PHOTOGRAPHS of Cowell by EDWARD WESTON].
• Publisher: Carmel: Carmel Pine Cone Press, 1924.
• Publication Date: 1924
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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