Ezra Pound: Le Testament 1923 (facsimile edition with audio CD)

Ezra Pound, composer; George Antheil, editor From the series: The Complete Music of Ezra Pound Robert Hughes and Margaret Fisher, editors Second Evening Art Publishing 2011 Le Testament 1923 facsimile, limited edition of the holograph score in the hand of Pound's music editor George Antheil, and showing revisions for the 1931 BBC broadcast as an experimental feature program produced by Archie Harding. Pages are beautifully photographed and laid out on glossy black background. Bar numbers have been added by the editors at bottom of page. Complete libretto and 52 page appendix of editors' comments and annotations, essential to an understanding of the score. Contains a re-release of the historic Fantasy LP of the 1971 performance conducted by Robert Hughes, in a new digitally re-mastered audio CD: 110 color plates, an overview of Pound's music by Stephen J. Adams of University of Western Ontario, and essays on the relationship of music to Pound's poetry + 52 pages of Annotations by the