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 : ballet suite by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

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


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    Hoe-down : from "Rodeo" by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [New York] : Boosey & Hawkes, 1946
    Format: Musical Score Book


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

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


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    Duo : for violin and piano by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    London : New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 1979
    Format: Musical Score Book


  5. 145

    Aaron Copland : a reader : selected writings 1923-1972 by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York : Routledge, 2004
    Format: Book


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    The heiress by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2019
    Format: DVD


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    Ballet music = Musique pour le ballet = Ballettmusik by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 1999
    Other Authors: “…Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990…”
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Long time ago : American songs by Aaron Copland by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    Teldec, 1994
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    Format: Book


  9. 149

    Pastorale : song for high voice and piano by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [Place of publication not identified] : Boosey & Hawkes, 1979
    Format: Musical Score Book


  10. 150

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

    London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 1963
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Copland conducts Copland by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York, N.Y. : Sony Classical/Legacy, 2003
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    Format: CD Audio


  12. 152

    Appalachian spring by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    Pro Arte, 1992
    Format: CD Audio


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    Orchestral anthology. Volume 2 = Anthologie d'œuvres pour orchestra, volume 2 = Anthologie von Orchesterwerken, Band 2 by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 1999
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    Format: Musical Score Book


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    John Henry : a railroad ballad for orchestra by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    London ; New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 1982
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Rodeo : four dance episodes ; Billy the Kid : ballet suite by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    New York, N.Y. : CBS, 1988
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    Format: Audio


  16. 156

    Nocturne : violin and piano by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

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


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    Third symphony by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, 1986
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    Format: CD Audio


  18. 158

    Danzon cubano, piano solo. by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [New York] Boosey & Hawkes 1949
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Third symphony by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

    [London] ; [New York] : Boosey & Hawkes, 1947
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    Old American songs : first and second sets by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

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