Between the Covers

Softcover. First edition. Quarto. Single bifolium with a single-sheet-insert making six pages. Bifolium neatly separated along the fold but both leaves are present, edgewear including some small nicks and tears, a dampstain on the front cover not affecting the interior, and age toning, a complete but good only copy. For voice and piano. Plate imprint, "The Junk Man - 3." The composer of this piece, Howard Swanson was an African-American composer whom the African Diaspora Music Project describes as "the American Fauré," going on to state that, "Through his compositions, Swanson crystalized a musical style using the conventional forms of classical music infused with a personal style grounded in African American traditions."

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