Copland, Billy the Kid ( Complete Ballet): 3, 3

Aaron Copland (19001990) Billy the Kid Complete Ballet (1938) 00:00 Waltz from Billy the Kid 04:46 Billy s Death 05:56 The open Prairie again Antal Dorati conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. Recorded by Mercury in 1961. The career of the notorious outlaw William Bonney has given rise to a multitudinous folklore. It was at the suggestion of Lincoln Kirstein, director of the American Ballet Caravan, that Copland undertook the composition of a ballet inspired by Bonney s exploits. Billy the K