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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    Dear march, come in! : From the Twelve poems of Emily Dickinson. by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [N.Y.] : Boosey & Hawkes, 1951
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Deux pièces pour violon et piano by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne, 1928
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Down a country lane : piano solo by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    London : Boosey & Hawkes, 1962
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Copland the populist. by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York, N.Y. : RCA Victor Red Seal : Distributed in the U.S. by BMG Distribution, 2000
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    Appalachian spring ; Fanfare for the common man ; El salón México ; Danzón cubano by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York, N.Y. : CBS Records, 1982
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  6. 126

    Three moods : for piano solo by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [New York?] : Boosey & Hawkes, 1981
    Format: Musical Score Book


  7. 127

    A Copland celebration. Vol. 3 vocal and choral works by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York : Sony Classical, 2000
    Other Authors: “…Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990…”
    Format: CD Audio


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    Appalachian spring : ballet by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    Format: Audio


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    Copland the populist by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [New York] : RCA Victor Red Seal, 2000
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    Works for piano, 1926-1948. by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

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    Appalachian spring : The tender land : suite by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York, NY: RCA Victor : Distributed by BMG Music, 1993
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    Two piano pieces by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [Place of publication not identified] : Boosey & Hawkes, 1984
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    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Our town : music from the film score by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 1967
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Copland performs and conducts Copland. by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

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    An outdoor overture ; Our town ; Two pieces for string orchestra ; Quiet city by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [New York, N.Y.] : Columbia Masterworks, 1970
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    Music for Martha Graham : Appalachian spring by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    Westbury, New York : Koch International, 1990
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    Chamber music by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    London : Meridian, 2001
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  18. 138

    Symphony for organ and orchestra by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 1962
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    El Salón México : for 2 pianos by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Orchestral works. 1, Ballets. by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    Cochester : Chandos Records, 2015
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    Format: Audio