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The author traces Copland's development from the first stirrings of his talent to the apex of his brilliant career as composer, conductor, lecturer, & author.In addition to the text, there are photos and a few musical examples included.Contents:? America, America? The marvelous discovery? The world beyond Brooklyn? Departure? The first years in Paris? Study with Nadia Boulanger? Return to New York? "It seems evident that in five years he will be ready to commit murder"? The MacDowell Colony & return to Europe? Jazz comes of age? Composer in Manhattan? Journeys to Paris? The bitter years? Mexico? A vast new audience? Tanglewood? Assignments in Hollywood? Great achievements in the theater? Cultural ambassador? Ding Dong House & the Villa Aurelia? Aaron Copland - Dena of American composers? Musical works by Copland? Pocket scores? Scores for young people? Books by Copland? Index211 pages ... Read more

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Chapters: Ronald Reagan, Dell Hymes, Charlton Heston, Iris Murdoch, Harold Wilson, Aaron Copland, Otto Preminger, A. E. Van Vogt, Enid Blyton, Norma Shearer, James Doohan, Bill Mauldin, Charles Beaumont, Sugar Ray Robinson, Cyrus Vance, Floyd Patterson, Willie Pep, Mervyn Leroy, Dana Andrews, Maurice Shadbolt, Irving Layton, Rita Hayworth, Perry Como, Death and State Funeral of Ronald Reagan, Roméo Leblanc, Ferenc Puskás, Don Lane, Charles Bronson, James Stockdale, Eddie Albert, Tom O'horgan, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Henry Grover, J. D. Deblieux, Burgess Meredith, Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Allen Klein, Don Arden, George Oppen, George Russell, Grits Gresham, Imogene Coca, Robert Kearns, William Proxmire, Patricia Kirkwood, Evelyn Keyes, Kenneth Griffith, Willem de Kooning, Warren A. Morton, Ray Heatherton, Vincente Minnelli, Wally Phillips, Ally Macleod, Walter E. Hussman, Sr., Patty Berg, Henry Loomis, S. I. Hayakawa, Jess Hill, Toe Blake, Gerard Reve, Raymond Davis, Jr., Robert N. C. Nix, Jr., L. B. Henry, Lowell English, Don Nicholson, Julius Hegyi, B.p. Newman, Herman Keiser, Ivor Dent, Cline Paden, Eddie Robinson, Dorian Leigh, Danny Blanchflower, Arlene Francis, Richard Eastham, Edmond O'brien, Bob Wilkins, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Orville Freeman, L. D. Knox, João Do Amaral Gurgel, Mel Stewart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas E. Trowbridge, Bill Beutel, Gilmore Schjeldahl, Jules White, Charlie Crowe, Mitzi Cunliffe, Charles Steen, John Mantley, Bob Lemond, Frances Reid, Mae Questel, George Swindin, Bernard Levin, William Marshall, Pietro Rava, Bobo Olson, Margaret Gowing, Eva Likova, Lili Damita, Clair Burgener, Dorothy Dunn, Leônidas Da Silva, George Ratterman, Sam Chapman, Tommy Northcott, Laura La Plante, Jack Barnes, Ernie Stautner, Warner Jorgenson, June Bronhill, Esther Sandoval, David L. Bazelon, Carl Fontana, Kaúlza de Arriaga, Sloan Wilson, Billie Bird, Edith Ronne, Arthur O'connell, Bill Ballantine, Arnie Morton, Mar...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25433 ... Read more

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Copland's Third Symphony is a representative sample of this composersideas on symphonic coposition.The composition is unique in content,forms, tonalities, orchestration etc making it unmistakably Copland. Onecan feel the americanism of the work - its inherent patriotic mood that washigh at the time it was composed.Truely one of the greater Americanmusical achievements of the 20th cent. or of any century! ... Read more

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Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 ? December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, he was widely known as "the dean of American composers". Copland's music achieved a balance between modern music and American folk styles. The open, slowly changing harmonies of many of his works are said to evoke the vast American landscape. He also incorporated percussive orchestration, changing meter, polyrhythms, polychords, and tone rows in a broad range of works for concert hall, theater, ballet, and films. Aside from composing, Copland was a teacher, lecturer, critic, writer, and conductor (generally, but not always, of his own works). ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1525 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Selected Correspondence of Aaron Copland.(Book review)
Author: G. Dale Vargason
Publication: Notes (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 63Issue: 3Page: 617(3)

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Clarinet Concerto, Copland Piano Variations, Rodeo, Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man, the Tender Land, Lincoln Portrait, List of Compositions by Aaron Copland, Symphony No. 3, El Salón México, Billy the Kid, Quiet City, Old American Songs, Connotations for Orchestra, the Red Pony, the Cat and the Mouse. Excerpt:Appalachian Spring is a ballet score by Aaron Copland that premiered in 1944 and has achieved widespread and enduring popularity as an orchestral suite . The ballet, scored for a thirteen-member chamber orchestra, was created upon commission of choreographer and dancer Martha Graham with funds from the Coolidge Foundation headed by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge ; it premiered on Monday, October 30 , 1944, at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC , with Martha Graham dancing the lead role. The set was designed by the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi . Copland was awarded the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his achievement. The composition process In 1945, Copland rearranged the ballet work as an orchestral suite, preserving most of the music. The ballet and orchestral work were well received. The latter was credited as more important in popularizing the composer. In 1972, Boosey ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 652 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on December 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1233 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Aaron Copland's America: A Cultural Perspective. (Book Reviews).
Author: Jennifer DeLapp
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2001
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: 58Issue: 2Page: 365(3)

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