Born in Brooklyn New York in November 1900 to Jewish Immigrant parents from Lithuania, Copland was taught piano at a young age by his older sister. He was one of the most influential and admired composers of the 1900s. devoted to nurturing America's rich musical heritage through a broad range of activities.Īn Official Project of the White House "Save America's Treasures" program, Copland House's activities include a thriving composers' residency program, a touring resident chamber ensemble, educational programs based on American music, related public presentations, and various recording, broadcast, and Internet projects.Aaron Copland was an American 20th century composer who was cleverly able to incorporate both jazz and folk tunes into his various compositions. The restored, longtime residence of Aaron Copland in upstate New York, is the only composer's home in the U.S. Hear the exclusive interview with Copland about his arrangements of "Simple Gifts" The Vintage Guide to Classical Music (1992), p 471. His genius for evocation, his simplicity hiding great sophistication and his understated emotion are never better seen than here. The most famous section is the variations on the Shaker song, "Simple Gifts," a tune Copland rescued from obscurity. When writing about this ballet score, Jan Swafford has written: See Aaron Copland Meets The Shakers - click here Read more about this CD and Lifetime Achievement at theĪaron Copland's arrangement of the Shaker dance song, "Simple Gifts," has become known around the world chiefly through its use in the Martha Graham ballet, Appalachian Spring.
Several radio and cable television programs with the author.Īvailable separately on CD is - "Aaron Copland On Film Music" (AMRC 0019)Ĭopland has been named for a Lifetime Achievement Award. This reference book also includes tips on listening to film music, 100 essential film scores of the 20th century, film music awards, an extensive bibliography and recommended recordings. In addition to the Copland interview, other composers quoted in this book are: Elmer Bernstein,īernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini, David Raksin, Dimitri Tiomkin, and an interview with Virgil Thomson. In this book now available exclusively on a computer disc
The interview was conducted at the composer's home in 1980 and has been now reprinted There was an interview by Roger Hall with Aaron Copland first published in
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In the rare first recording of the Suite from Appalachian Spring in 1945,Ĭomplete 12 part series as shown on Public Television Lincoln Portrait, Music for Movies and moreĪlso Henry Fonda as narrator for Lincoln PortraitĪ Biddulph CD with Serge Koussevitzky conducting Read the article about Copland and his arrangements of this Shaker song - click hereĪppalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Rodeo, (this information quoted directly from the booklet,"The Story of Simple Gifts" by Roger L. Copland Since 1943 by Aaron Copland and Vivian Perlis, page 33 Since I did not realize that there never have been Shaker settlements In the center of the room would be a small group singing the dance song over and over until everyone wasīoth exhihilerate and exhausted." Lest this seem very scholarly, my research evidently was not very thorough, I read that the dance would have been in a "lively tempo, with single files of brethren and sisters two or three abreast proceeding with utmost precision around the meeting room. When writing about his choice of the Shaker dancing song, "Simple Gifts," This Shaker tune was composed as a dance song NOT a hymn. One of his best known compositions, "Appalachian Spring"īut the information about "Simple Gifts" is not accurate. Gentle Words - A Shaker Music Sampler (AMRC 0016) Highlights from the Copland interview about his "Simple Gifts" arrangements This recorded conversation with Copland is available exclusively on this CD.Ī Conversation with Aaron Copland (AMRC 0005) Copland also made fun of his bad memory and was delightfully candid. With Copland in July of 1980 at his home in Cortlandt Manor, New York.ĭuring the wide-ranging conversation Copland discussed some of his best known compositions: such as "Fanfare for the Common Man" and "Appalachian Spring." Also his arrangements of "Old American Songs," also several of his film scores, OUR TOWN and THE HEIRESS, his admiration for Nadia Boulanger, Serge Koussevitzky (who made the first recording of the "Appalachian Spring Suite"), his close friend, Leonard Bernstein, and composer Charles Ives. To discuss these and other questions, composer Roger Lee Hall What did he think of other composers and their music? He has been called the "Dean of American Composers" due to his many compositions, writings, teaching and conducting skills. One of the best known and most respected composers of the 20th century.
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