composer Douglas Stuart Moore autograph - 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Music

Description: This is a card signed by Douglas Stuart Moore (1893-1969), a notable American composer, educator, and author. Moore wrote music for the theater, film, ballet, and orchestra. He is most famous for his operas The Devil and Daniel Webster (1938), Giants in the Earth (1950) and The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956). Moore won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Musicfor his 1950 opera Giants in the Earth. Moore studied music with Nadia Boulanger, Vincent d'Indy and Ernest Bloch in Paris.In 1926, Moore joined the music faculty at Columbia University, where he remained until his retirement in 1962. In 1954 he was a co-founder, with Otto Luening and Oliver Daniel, of the CRI (Composers Recordings, Inc.) record label. Moore authored two books on music, Listening to Music (1932) and From Madrigal to modern Music (1942). Among his compositions are the following: The Pageant of P.T. Barnum (suite, 1924)Moby Dick (symphonic poem, 1928)A Symphony of Autumn (1930)String quartet (1933)White Wings (chamber opera, 1935)The Headless Horseman (operetta, 1936)The Devil and Daniel Webster (folk opera, 1939)Quintet for woodwinds and horn (1942)Symphony No. 2 in A major (1945)Quintet for clarinet and strings (1946)Giants in the Earth (opera, 1950)The Ballad of Baby Doe (opera, 1956)The Wings of the Dove (opera, 1961) The card is signed and inscribed as follows: To Hans P. Nielsonwith best wishes Douglas Moore Jan. 27, 1963 This is a 3" by 5" card, in very good condition. The signed card is attached to a 10" by 8" sheet of thick paper. The signed card comes with a certificate of authenticity from JG Autographs. Shipping is FREE via USPS First Class Mail. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Price: 55 USD

Location: Columbus, Ohio

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