Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>I was startled to find an online outlet offering an apparently previously
>unrecorded Copland work, "Billy the Kind".  I wondered who this Billy
>might be - an old-style grocer who gave credit, perhaps, or a tax assessor
>with a conscience?  Or maybe the work is really "Billy das Kind", aka
>"Billy the Kid: The Early Years".  Anyone familiar with this music?

Billy the Kid was an outlaw in the old west, whose exploits became the
subject of a ballet by Copland.  I am surprised that this is considered
a rarity- I think that it is one of the more familiar Copland works in
the USA.

Bernard Chasan