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Original 1967 contact sheet
by Moondog [Hardin, Louis Thomas]. (1916–1999) [Gahr, David. (1922–2008)]
- Used
- Condition
- Used; Like New/Used; Like New
- Seller
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Brooklyn, NY and Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original silver gelatin contact sheet, showing 25 images of the legendary musician, who defied any categorization, on Sixth Avenue in New York City in 1967. By the eminent American photographer David Gahr, then in Brooklyn; Gahr's hand stamp to verso. 9.25 x 7.75 inches (23.8 x 18.5 cm). In fine condition.
"Moondog was, from the outset, a rebel who had a surprising devotion to the past. Although he evolved into a cult figure, and although he will be recollected as the proto-hippie, the consummate street-poet-musician of his day, Moondog will also be remembered as a serious musician and composer as well as a quaint versifier whose work evolved steadily through the apparent chaos of his life. Blind since age 16, he arrived in New York in 1943 on a Greyhound bus with very little beyond a strong sense of survival. By the early 1960s he had become probably the most photographed street figure of his time. In 1974 he made the second great leap of his life, Moondog finally became the "European in exile" he had often called himself, living in northwest Germany until his death in 1999. There he wrote and rewrote enormous amounts of music." Robert Scotto in Grove Music Online
"Moondog was, from the outset, a rebel who had a surprising devotion to the past. Although he evolved into a cult figure, and although he will be recollected as the proto-hippie, the consummate street-poet-musician of his day, Moondog will also be remembered as a serious musician and composer as well as a quaint versifier whose work evolved steadily through the apparent chaos of his life. Blind since age 16, he arrived in New York in 1943 on a Greyhound bus with very little beyond a strong sense of survival. By the early 1960s he had become probably the most photographed street figure of his time. In 1974 he made the second great leap of his life, Moondog finally became the "European in exile" he had often called himself, living in northwest Germany until his death in 1999. There he wrote and rewrote enormous amounts of music." Robert Scotto in Grove Music Online
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- Bookseller
- Schubertiade
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22276
- Title
- Original 1967 contact sheet
- Author
- Moondog [Hardin, Louis Thomas]. (1916–1999) [Gahr, David. (1922–2008)]
- Book Condition
- New Used; Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Used; Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Keywords
- Autograph Letter :: Classical Music :: Culture, Ethnicity & Gender :: Music theory :: Performing Arts & Media
Terms of Sale
Schubertiade
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Brooklyn, NY and Newton, Massachusetts
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