Five documents, each 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion by a different American composer: DS signed “Roy Harris,” one page, September 29, 1953, regarding royalties to a recording of ‘Sixty-Seventh Psalm’; DS signed “Aaron Copland, Treasurer,” along with the date and an amendment in his hand, one page, May 29, 1956, regarding permissions for Walter Piston’s ‘First String Quartet’; DS signed “Henry Cowell” and “Lou Harrison,” four pages on adjoining sheets, February 19, 1945, regarding royalties for the publication of Cowell’s ‘The Irish Girl’; DS signed “Elliott C. Carter, Jr.,” one page, August 14, 1939, securing the rights to a poem by Emily Dickinson for use in the song ‘Heart Not So Heavy As Mine’; DS signed “Milton Babbitt,” one page, September 20, 1963, regarding the copyright of his work ‘Vision and Prayer.’ Various scattered creases and toning, paperclip impressions, and staple and filing holes, and a toned piece of tape affixed to the top of the Cowell document, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.
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