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Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland
  • Name: Aaron Copland
  • Birthday: 1900-11-14
  • Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York
  • Popularity: 0.158
Biography: Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) 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... Read More

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Title Release date
Paris: The Luminous Years 2010-12-14
Tanglewood: A Place for Music   as  Self 1985-05-26
Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait   as  Self 1985-01-01
Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives   as  Self 1979-03-04
Bachianas Brasileiras: Meu Nome é Villa-Lobos 1979-01-01
Copland Conducts Copland   as  Self - Composer and conductor 1976-03-17
Tanglewood Music School and Music Festival   as  Self 1949-07-20
145 W. 21 1936-01-01