Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
– Commissioning fee paid to Aaron Copland by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge in 1944 for the score of Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring: $500
– The same amount in today’s dollars, courtesy of Inflation Calculator: $5,341.70
(Source: Aaron Copland and Vivian Perlis, Copland Since 1943)
– Commissioning fee paid to Aaron Copland by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge in 1944 for the score of Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring: $500
– The same amount in today’s dollars, courtesy of Inflation Calculator: $5,341.70
(Source: Aaron Copland and Vivian Perlis, Copland Since 1943)
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