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