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The Short Version: Lincoln

Posted at 6:00 PM on July 7, 2011 by Bill Morelock
Filed under: The Short Version

An introduction to one of the most versatile and accomplished figures in American arts & letters. Introduction because despite his accomplishments, it's very possible you've never heard of him. Yet, for Lincoln Kirstein, what's now a major cultural institution was a just college club. And the first of a series of essential ballet scores by Aaron Copland? His idea.

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