Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist, and conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the "Dean of American Composers". The open, slowly changing harmonies in much of his music are typical of what many consider the sound of American music, evoking the vast American landscape and pioneer spirit. He is best known for the works he wrote in the 1930s and 1940s in a deliberately accessible style often referred to as "populist" and which he called his "vernacular" style. Works in this vein include the ballets ''Appalachian Spring'', ''Billy the Kid'' and ''Rodeo'', his ''Fanfare for the Common Man'' and Third Symphony. In addition to his ballets and orchestral works, he produced music in many other genres, including chamber music, vocal works, opera, and film scores.

After some initial studies with composer Rubin Goldmark, Copland traveled to Paris, where he first studied with Isidor Philipp and Paul Vidal, then with noted pedagogue Nadia Boulanger. He studied three years with Boulanger, whose eclectic approach to music inspired his own broad taste. Determined upon his return to the U.S. to make his way as a full-time composer, Copland gave lecture-recitals, wrote works on commission and did some teaching and writing. But he found that composing orchestral music in a modernist style, which he had adopted while studying abroad, was unprofitable, particularly in light of the Great Depression. He shifted in the mid-1930s to a more accessible musical style that mirrored the German idea of ("music for use"), music that could serve utilitarian and artistic purposes. During the Depression years, he traveled extensively to Europe, Africa, and Mexico, formed an important friendship with Mexican composer Carlos Chávez, and began composing his signature works.

During the late 1940s, Copland became aware that Stravinsky and other fellow composers had begun to study Arnold Schoenberg's use of twelve-tone (serial) techniques. After he had been exposed to the works of French composer Pierre Boulez, he incorporated serial techniques into his ''Piano Quartet'' (1950), ''Piano Fantasy'' (1957), ''Connotations'' for orchestra (1961), and ''Inscape'' for orchestra (1967). Unlike Schoenberg, Copland used his tone rows in much the same fashion as his tonal material—as sources for melodies and harmonies, rather than as complete statements in their own right, except for crucial events from a structural point of view. From the 1960s onward, Copland's activities turned more from composing to conducting. He became a frequent guest conductor of orchestras in the U.S. and the UK and made a series of recordings of his music, primarily for Columbia Records. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Billy the Kid : [excerpts from the ballet] : piano solo by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [London] : Boosey & Hawkes, 1944
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Great Copland ballets by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI Records, 1992
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    Format: CD Audio


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    Billy the Kid ballet-suite : by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    London ; New York : Hawkes : sole selling agent Boosey & Hawkes, 1941
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    In evening air, Piano solo. by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [London] Boosey & Hawkes 1974
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Down a country lane by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 1965
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Symphonic ode by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [Place of publication not identified] : Boosey & Hawkes, 1957
    Format: Musical Score Book


  7. 187

    The young pioneers : piano solo by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York : Carl Fischer, 1936
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Complete works for violin and piano by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [Place of publication not identified] : Naxos, 2002
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    Appalachian spring ; The tender land : orch. suite by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    Other Authors: “…Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990…”
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    Appalachian spring ; Rodeo. [Four dance episodes] ; Billy the Kid ; Fanfare for the common man by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York, NY : Sony Classical, 1992
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    Preamble for a solemn occasion. Full score. by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    London, New York, Boosey and Hawkes 1953
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Dance symphony : for large orchestra by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York : Cos Cob Press, Inc., 1931
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Orchestral variations by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 1960
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Piano concerto Appalachian spring ; Symphonic ode by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    Hollywood, CA : Delos, 1995
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  15. 195

    Hoe down and Saturday night waltz : from Rodeo by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [New York] : Boosey & Hawkes, 1950
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    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Inscape by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 1968
    Format: Musical Score Book


  17. 197

    What to listen for in music by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York : Mentor, 1999
    Format: Book


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    Appalachian spring Rodeo ; Billy the Kid ; Fanfare for the common man by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York, NY : Sony Classical, 1997
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    Symphony no. 3 by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [Place of publication not identified] : Naxos, 2017
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    Music for the theatre ; Three Latin American sketches ; Quiet city ; Appalachian spring by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    Hamburg : Teldec, 1991
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