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Aaron Copland's long-time home near New York City now administered as a composers' retreat and creative center for American music. Includes biography, works, calendar, contact information.
http://www.coplandhouse.org/
Kentucky Educational Television's distance learning program presents music and book reviews and articles by and about him from fromthe archives of The New York Times.
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Featured Subject: Aaron Copland Copland program included an early performance of El Salon Mexico. Audio Excerpt from El Salon Mexico Second Hurricane in World Premiere (April 22, 1937) Copland's musical efforts were largely confined to choral numbers and these, with their lack of melodic...Information about his operatic works, especially the both the two and the three act versions of The Tender Land.
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AARON COPLAND One of the most influential American composers of the twentieth century, Copland nevertheless did not find success with either of his operas. The Tender Land is still occasionally heard, but not as often as the work's quality warrants. Discography (Search...Copland: basic repertoire list.
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Classical Net Basic Repertoire List Copland American concert music through his compositions, polemics, promotions, and just plain hard work. He belongs to a generation of composers along with Virgil Thomson, Roy Harris, and Walter Piston which not only raised our native music to a thoroughly professional...Researched by Rachel Sahlman for the home and school magazine. Includes premium links to purchase books and recordings.
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SPECTRUM Biographies Aaron Copland Copland began to show an interest in music. He learned to play the piano from his older sister Laurine, and in less than one year, Copland had learned everything she could teach him. Following much pestering of his father, Copland...Lucidcafé's profile includes a biography, related links, and book and recording recommendations.
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Aaron Copland American Composer Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness—I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness 151;Aaron Copland Aaron Copland was born on November 14, 1900 in New York City. His musical works...Library of Congress citations.
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Library Citations: Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Please wait for Page to Load or Enter Here...Biography from The Timid Soul's Guide to Classical Music showing his importance in moving America away from overpowering European influences.
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American composers wrote with a German accent in the 19th century, and adopted a more fashionable French accent early in the 20th century. Only with the 1930s work of Aaron Copland did American music find its own loping voice. Copland's...Library of Congress entry allows browsing by musical sketches, writings, correspondence, photographs, and title index. Includes the special presentations About Copland's Works, Timeline, An Intimate Sketch, and A 75th Birthday Tribute.
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The Aaron Copland Collection: Ca. 1900-1990 The inaugural online presentation of the Aaron Copland Collection at the Library of Congress celebrates the centennial of the birth of the American composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990 The multiformat Aaron Copland Collection from which the online collection derives spans the...Summary of PBS show with links to connected artists and additional sites.
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American Masters Aaron Copland PBS Copland was one of the most respected American classical composers of the twentieth century. By incorporating popular forms of American music such as jazz and folk into his compositions, he created pieces both exceptional and innovative. As a spokesman for...Insightful biography and reminiscence from the American Composers Orchestra series David Raksin Remembers His Colleagues.
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American Composers Orchestra David Raksin Remembers His Colleagues The distinguished composer Aaron Copland was born on November 4,1900 in New York City. While still a child he began to study piano; subsequently he had lessons in harmony and counterpoint with composer Rubin Goldmark and began to compose. In...Biography, key works, suggested reading, timeline, recommended recordings, quotes, additional resources, and historical and societal context. From Humanities Web.
http://www.humanitiesweb.org/cgi-bin/human.cgi?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=74
Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Biography of Aaron Copland Click to renew your subscription: it's 20% less before expiration Click to send a personalized Gift Membership at 20% off Login to be recognized as a subscriber. Click to subscribe to the Archives for $25/year Link the CMA Send the...Biography with education and influences, interaction with peers, teaching, evolution of style, noted works, and summary list of compositions from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=2129
Entry at the Lied and Art Songs Text Pages listing cycles and individual vocal works with links to public domain texts.
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Aaron Copland (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, Mélodies, Chansons and other Classical Vocal Music) Translators and other volunteers Contact Information Copyright Statement Partial Bibliography Emily's Homepage Emily's Amazon wishlist Please visit Artsconverge, a Lieder-related web-project on which I once did some work. Composer: Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Alphabetic listing of musical settings [warning not exhaustive...Filmography at IMDb with brief biography, Oscar awards and nominations, and composer, actor, lyricist, and musical director credits from film and television.
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Aaron Copland (I) Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Aaron Copland (I) Find where Aaron Copland is credited alongside another name Aaron Copland Email this page to a friend Update information: You may report errors and omissions on...Biography, links, and directory of MP3 audio files from Classic Cat.
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The Aaron Copland Mp3 Page on Classic Cat Subscribe for music downloads to EMusic or Napster Name/Genre/Year/Popularity112 Poems of Emily Dickinson (2;4m)LLas Agachadas (1;3m)MMidday Thoughts (1;3m) Name/Genre/Year/PopularityOOld American Songs set 1 (1;2m)PPassacaglia for piano (1;7m)TThe Tender Land (1;3m) Explanation (2;5m) 2number of artists with performances for this work...Lucidcafé's profile noting life, works, and style with photograph and links.
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Aaron Copland American Composer Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness—I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness 151;Aaron Copland Aaron Copland was born on November 14, 1900 in New York City. His musical works...Biography, trivia, and discography from Sony Classical.
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Aaron Copland Biography Copland was the pioneer of American music he showed the world how to write classical music in an American way. He was born in 1900, when Americans were rarely recognised as composers in the music world. So Copland went to...Wikipedia article with life, photograph, works list, bibliography, internal references to related people, topics, and selected works, and links.
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Aaron Copland Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging a uniquely American style of composition, he was widely known as the dean of American composers Copland's music achieved a difficult balance between modern music and American folk styles, and...Extracts from a 1961 BBC Four interview in RAM audio format. Includes photograph, brief biography, key works, and links.
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BBC BBC Four Audio Interviews Aaron Copland Noble about serious composers using contemporary music1 min 36 the influence of jazz in his music, why no improvisation1 min 13 writing the film score for Something Wild starring Carol Baker, the nature of writing music for films1 min 7...Classical Net review of the 1999 book by Howard Pollack with commentary on the author, the subject, and the writing itself.
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Classical Net Review Aaron Copland: The Life And Work Of An Uncommon Man This joins other fine recent, substantial and well-balanced biographies of 20th Century composers: Barbara Heyman's of Barber, Tommasini's of Thomson, Burton's of Bernstein, and Carpenter's of Britten I am still waiting for someone to publish a good biography of Schuman...Telegraph news article by David Rennie uses unsealed documents from the 1950s Communist witch hunt showing how Copland stood up to the bullying U. S. senator. Links include McCarthy hearing transcripts and related articles.
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Telegraph News How a composer cowed McCarthy S senator whose name became a by-word for witch-hunts of communists, homosexuals and other suspected subversives, was a classic bully who lost his nerve in the face of witnesses who stood up for themselves, it is suggested by files released...Brief biography summarizing orchestral pieces and ballet music and showing the influence of Boulanger in moving him and his nation to a distinctive American music, away from European domination. Includes Naxos discography and caricature.
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Naxos.com, Your World of Classical Music National Sites Australia Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany Hong Kong Japan New Zealand Norway Sweden UK USA a href onclick javascript:openAboutUsWin AboutUs/AboutUs.asp onMouseOver About_button.src images/new2/to...Find A Grave entry with birth and death information, disposition of ashes, photograph, and interactive memorial.
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Find A Grave Cemetery Records- Aaron Copland He was one of the leading figures of American music during the 1900s. Copland worked in a wide range of styles, from atonalism to jazz, but his fame rests on the folk-based music he wrote from the late 1930s to...Filmography listing original scores and cinematic use of existing works, other screen and television credits, awards, biography, trivia, discussions, and links from the Internet Movie Database.
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Aaron Copland (I) Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Aaron Copland (I) Find where Aaron Copland is credited alongside another name Aaron Copland Email this page to a friend Update information: You may report errors and omissions on...Official credits from the Internet Broadway Database. Includes performers, choreographers, and other principals of each production.
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Internet Broadway Database: Aaron Copland Credits on Broadway For more complexor filtered searches,click here Aaron Copland MaleComposer ProductionsFunctionDatesofProduction The Ballet Caravan-Billy the KidMusic by Aaron CoplandMay24,1939-[unknown]The Pepper Mill[Original, Musical, Revue]Music by Aaron CoplandJan5,1937-Jan1937Garrick Gaieties[Revival, Musical, Revue]Music by Aaron CoplandJun4,1930-Oct1930Find out where Aaron Copland and are credited together 2001-2005,...Biography summarizing his learning, growth, and maturity with noted works from the Composer of the Month feature by the Michael O'Neal Singers. Includes links.
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Aaron Copland, Composer The Michael O'Neal Singers Century marked the entry of a new age into American life, so it was perhaps more than coincidence that it was also the year of Aaron Copland's birth. Music did not become significant in Copland's life until his teen years....Classical Music Dictionary entry with life, illustrations, noted works, MIDI audio of Appalachian Spring, and text of the song Nature, the Gentlest Mother.
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- Classical Music Dictionary Free MP3 American musicians to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris (1921-24 On his return to the United States in 1925 and after the performance of his Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, he became identified with brash modernism. While maintaining his penchant...