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Artist
Aaron Copland
12+ albums
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Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 in Brooklyn, New York, United States – December 2,1990) was an American composer who achieved a distinctive musical characterization of American themes in an expressive modern style. Copland, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, was born in New York City and attended public schools there. An older sister taught him to play the piano, and by the time he was 15 he had decided to become a composer. As a first step Copland tried to learn harmony through a correspondence course. Haltingly and in an environment not particularly conducive to art, he struggled toward his goal. In the summer of 1921 Copland attended the newly founded school for Americans at Fontainebleau, where he came under the influence of Nadia Boulanger, a brilliant teacher who shaped the outlook of an entire generation of American musicians. He decided to stay on in Paris, where he became Boulanger’s first American student in composition. After three years in Paris, Copland returned to New York City with an important commission: Nadia Boulanger had asked him to write an organ concerto for her American appearances. Copland composed the piece while working as the pianist of a hotel trio at a summer resort in Pennsylvania. That season the Symphony for Organ and Orchestra had its premiere in Carnegie Hall with the New York Symphony under the direction of the composer and conductor Walter Damrosch. In his growth as a composer Copland mirrored the important trends of his time. After
top songs
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Fanfare for the Common Man
121,1432Appalachian Spring
35,5703Appalachian Spring: VII. Doppio movimento
35,2014Appalachian Spring Suite
19,1605Appalachian Spring - 1945 Suite: 1. Very slowly
17,1896Copland: Appalachian Spring: VII. Doppio movimento (Variations on a Shaker Hymn - Simple Gifts)
12,7697Rodeo: II. Corral Nocturne
12,3988Appalachian Strings
11,1699Quiet City
10,78510Down a Country Lane
8,413albums
Greatest Hits
Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid & Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland Conducts Copland - Expanded Edition (Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Old American Songs (Complete), Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes)
Copland: Appalachian Spring; Lincoln Portrait; Fanfare; Rodeo, etc.
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring / Clarinet Concerto / Quiet City
COPLAND: Prairie Journal / The Red Pony Suite / Letter from Home
Copland: Rodeo, Dance Panels, El Salón México & Danzón Cubano
Copland: Billy the Kid, Rodeo, El Salón México & An Outdoor Overture
Copland: Super Hits
Barber:Adagio /Copland: El Salon Mexico, Four Episodes from Rodeo & Appalachian Spring.
COPLAND: Works for Violin and Piano (Complete)
Bernstein Century - Copland: Appalachian Spring; Rodeo; Billy the Kid; Fanfare for the Common Man