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- Born: November 14, 1900Lucid Café: Copland biography
- 1913-1917: took music lessons with Leopold WolfsohnMusic Academy Online: Leopold Wolfsohn
- First performance: at a at a Wanamaker recitalAmerican Composers: The Cat and the Mouse
- 1917-1921: composed short piano pieces and songs
- 1934: completed first ballet scoreAzstartnet: Aaron Copland
- 1939: completed first two film scoresAmerican Music Preservation: Aaron Copland Tribute
- 1953: testified that he was never a communistMinnosota Public Radio: Conscience Vs Mccarthy; the Policital Aaron Copeland
- Died: December 2, 19908 Notes: Copland's Life and Works
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Aaron Copland was an American composer. He was renowned for creating musical pieces for concern and film. He was also an accomplished pianist. Copland's music was a blend of modern music and American folk styles.
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Selected Musical Compositions
- The Cat and the Mouse for piano (1920)
- Three Moods for piano (1920)
- Passacaglia for piano (1922)
- Dance Symphony for orchestra (1925)
- Piano Concerto for piano and orchestra (1926)
- Four Piano Blues for piano (1926-48)
- Poet's Song for voice and piano (1927)
- Vocalise No.1 for voice (1928)
- Symphony No.1 for orchestra (1928)
- Of Mice and Men soundtrack (1939)
- The City soundtrack (1939)
- Our Town soundtrack (1940)
- John Henry for orchestra (1940, revised in 1952)
- Piano Sonata for piano (1941)
- North Star soundtrack (1943)
- Dirge in the Woods for voice and piano (1954)
- Three Latin American Sketches for piano (1972)
- Threnody No. for orchestra (1972)
- Threnody No.2 for orchestra (1973)
- Proclamation for orchestra (1973-82)
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Aaron Copland Questions
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11:46 P: Aaron Copland: Down a Country Lane, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Frank L. Battisti, Conductor
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A video depiction of the Aaron Copland piece Lincoln Portrait. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJLJdrS_Go
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Aaron Copland - Rodeo ♫ http://blip.fm/~gr2y0
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RT @NaxosMusicLib: Apparently today is Billy the Kid's 150th birthday. I wonder if he would've liked Aaron Copland's BtK Suite as much a ...
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loving aaron copland and before that korngold violin
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11:46 P: Aaron Copland: Down a Country Lane, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Frank L. Battisti, Conductor
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A video depiction of the Aaron Copland piece Lincoln Portrait. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJLJdrS_Go
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Aaron Copland - Rodeo ♫ http://blip.fm/~gr2y0
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RT @NaxosMusicLib: Apparently today is Billy the Kid's 150th birthday. I wonder if he would've liked Aaron Copland's BtK Suite as much a ...
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On Twitter Powered by Twitter
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loving aaron copland and before that korngold violin
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11:46 P: Aaron Copland: Down a Country Lane, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Frank L. Battisti, Conductor
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A video depiction of the Aaron Copland piece Lincoln Portrait. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJLJdrS_Go
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Aaron Copland - Rodeo ♫ http://blip.fm/~gr2y0
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RT @NaxosMusicLib: Apparently today is Billy the Kid's 150th birthday. I wonder if he would've liked Aaron Copland's BtK Suite as much a ...
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