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Michael Colgrass: Adventures Of An American Composer
In This Delightful Collection Of Anecdotes, Michael Colgrass Invites The Reader Into His Private Encounters With Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Dizzy Gillespie, And A Host Of Other Key Figures In American Music. Maverick To The Core, Colgrass Also Writes About Romancing A Cold War Spy In Bucharest, Composing A Ballet Overnight For The Joffrey Ballet, And Playing A Gig For A Stripper That Landed Him A Job In West Side Story. His Anecdotes &Ndash; Often Humorous And Profound &Ndash; Describe A Pivotal Era In American Music That Shaped This Pulitzer Prize Winning Composer. A &Ldquo;Must Read&Rdquo; For Music Lovers.
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