Music for Brass ("Four Octettes"): The Rolling Years, Granite Boys, Joshua Ebenezer Fry, and The Little Black Train [FULL SCORE] by Bacon, Ernst - 1955

Orinda, California: Ernst Bacon Publications, 1955. Assumed First Editions . Plastic Comb Binding. Very Good/As New (Fine). 11" x 14. An engaging set of four works for brass and percussion, by the quintessential American "nationalist" composer, Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) - printed from his hand-manuscripts (date of composition/compilation estimated). CONTENTS: I - Lent e grave; II - Tempo di Menuetto (a study in symmetric inversion); III - Lazy but steady; IV - Moderato. [Note: page numbers are somewhat confused, since this grouping of brass pieces seems to have been assembled from different sources.] The Ernst Bacon Society gives the title as "Four Octettes for Brass - 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, tuba and percussion "] 16 large pages. CONDITION: A bright, solid, unmarked copy with moderate shelf-wear, some light cover creasing, and a couple cracks in the plastic comb binder. This attractive copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.