
Aaron Copland (Composer)
Born: 14th November 1900, New York, U.S.A
Died: 2nd December 1990, New York, U.S.A
Nationality: American
Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a 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 people consider to be 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 the composer labeled 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.
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Popular Works: Copland
- An Outdoor Overture (5)
- Appalachian Spring - Suite (8)
- At the River (8)
- Billy the Kid - Suite (9)
- Billy the Kid: Billy and his Sweetheart (15)
- Billy the Kid: Celebration (6)
- Billy the Kid: Waltz (6)
- Canticle of Freedom (4)
- Ching-a-ring Chaw (24)
- Dance Panels (5)
- Danzon Cubano (6)
- Dirge in the Woods (17)
- Down a Country Lane (8)
- El Salón México (8)
- Fanfare for the Common Man (27)
- Going to Heaven! (No. 11 from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson) (15)
- Hoe down (from Rodeo) (18)
- I Bought me a Cat (24)
- I've heard an organ talk sometimes (No. 10 from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson) (14)
- Laurie's Song (from The Tender Land) (17)
- Lincoln Portrait (5)
- Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2 (17)
- Our Town (4)
- Passacaglia (4)
- Quiet City (7)
- Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday (6)
- Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz (5)
- Scherzo humoristique: Le chat et la souris (The Cat and the Mouse) (4)
- Simple Gifts (29)
- Stomp Your Foot (from The Tender Land) (4)
- The Boatmen's Dance (6)
- The Golden Willow Tree (4)
- The Little Horses (27)
- The Promise of Living (from The Tender Land) (11)
- The Red Pony – Film Music (Suite) (5)
- The Younger Generation (No. 2 from The North Star) (4)
- Variations on a Shaker Melody from Appalachian Spring (7)
- Vieux poème (18)
- Vocalise (4)
- Zion's Walls (21)