Title: 2 Conciertos de Camara Dirigidos Por Nicolas Slonimsky. / Sociedad de Musica Contemporanea: Seccion Cubana de la "International Society for Contemporary Music". / la Habana. Salon Del Hotel Ambassador... . Miercoles 18 Y Sabado 21 de Marzo de 1931. (Program).
Description: Havana, Cuba: Sociedad de Musica Contemporanea, 1931. 1931. - Octavo. 8-page program printed on cream stock, including 6 pages of notes on the music by the conductor. The program has been folded twice & there is a very light diagonal crease to each page. There is some light foxing to the margins. Very good.
The program for an important pair of concerts conducted in Havana, Cuba in 1931 by Russian-born conductor Nicolas Slonimsky. The program includes a 1-page bio of Slonimsky and six pages of his program notes, translated into Spanish. The first concert includes Carl Ruggles' "Men and Mountains" and Charles Ives' "Three Places in New England", as well as works by Mozart, Arthur Honegger and Ernest Bloch. The second presents Henry Cowell's "Sinfonietta", Amadeo Roldan's "Ritmica" Number 4, Alejandro Caturla's "Bende" and music by Bach, Prokofieff and Bartok. The text is in Spanish.
Rare. Very good .
Keywords: MUSIC; CHAMBER MUSIC; PROGRAM; RUSSIAN-BORN CONDUCTOR; NICOLAS SLONIMSKY; PROGRAM; 2 CONCIERTOS DE CAMARA DIRIGIDOS POR NICOLAS SLONIMSKY. Sociedad de Musica Contemporanea: Seccion Cubana de la "International Society for Contemporary Music"; BIO
- Book number: 31483
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