Word: boosey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...works have been performed in six countries; his String Quartet No. 1 has been played by several ensembles, including the Budapest Quartet; his Profile for Orchestra has been broadcast by the NBC Symphony. Perhaps the best indicator of success: Lees is published by England's influential Boosey and Hawkes (publisher of Richard Strauss, Bartok, Stravinsky, Copland). The publishers chose him while scouting around for a young man who could deliver successful works as consistently as has the star discovery of their stable, Benjamin Britten. It may well be that Lees is their...
Three years ago, shortly before the composer's death in Russia, an employee in the Paris branch of British Music Publishers Boosey & Hawkes found the manuscript in the basement. Last week the work finally had its stage premiere at Venice's International Music Festival...