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General Credit for Copland Materials
Correspondence, Writings and Music— Used by permission of the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., copyright owner. For musical works, contact the Business Affairs Department, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., 35 East 21st Street, New York, NY 10010, fax (212) 358-5305. For all other Copland materials, contact The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., 254 West 31st Street, 15th floor, New York, NY 10001, (212) 461-6956, fax: (212) 810-4567.
Photographs - used by permission of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., 254 West 31st Street, 15th floor, New York, NY 10001, (212) 461-6956, fax: (212) 810-4567. The Fund's permission is limited to the right to reproduce the image of Aaron Copland. All rights to use individual photographs are controlled by the respective owners of the copyrights in those photographs. For those listed as unidentified, we invite users to contact us with any information they may have with regard to those items.
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Articles - The following articles are included in this collection with permission as indicated:
Leonard Bernstein. "Aaron Copland--An Intimate Sketch." High Fidelity/Musical America. November, 1970. Used by permission of Musical America (external link), 10 Lake Drive, Hightstown, NJ 08520.
All of the following were originally published in "A 75th Birthday Tribute to Aaron Copland" from Schwann-1 Record and Tape Guide. November, 1975:
Nadia Boulanger. "Tribute to Aaron Copland." Used by permission of the Secretaire general, Fondation Internationale Nadia et Lili Boulanger, 25, Av. Des Gobelins, 75013 Paris, France.
Harold Clurman. "My Friend Aaron." Used by permission of Ellen Adler, 35 West 9th Street, Apt. 6B, New York, NY 10011.
Olga Koussevitzky. "A Wise and Trusted Friend." Used by permission of the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Inc., copyright owner. 254 West 31st Street, 15th floor, New York, NY 10001, (212) 461-6956, fax: (212) 810-4567.
William Schuman. "A 75th Birthday Tribute." Used by permission of Andrea F. Schuman and Anthony W. Schuman. For further information, please contact the Music Division at the Library of Congress.
Leonard Bernstein. "Aaron and Moses." Used by permission of The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc., 121 West 27th St., Suite 1104, New York, NY 10001.
