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Aaron Copland (November 11, 1900 – December 2,1990) was an American composer of concert and film music. Instrumental in forging a uniquely American style of composition, he was widely known as “the dean of American composers.” Copland’s music achieved a difficult balance between modern music and American folk styles, and the open, slowly changing harmonies of many of his works are said to evoke the vast American landscape. He incorporated percussive orchestration, changing meter, polyrhythms, polychords and tone rows. Outside of composing, Copland often served as a teacher and lecturer. During his career he also wrote books and articles, and served as a conductor, most frequently for his own works. It should be noted that this is one of the first openly Gay composers in history, especially in a time when this was not accepted in society.

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1	Fanfare for the Common Man full track	532
2	Appalachian Spring full track	193
3	Billy the Kid full track	42
4	Simple Gifts	33
5	Appalachian Strings	32
6	Hoedown	27
7	Buckaroo Holiday full track	24
8	Appalachian Spring: Simple Gifts full track	21
9	Appalachian Spring Suite full track	16
9	Prelude No. 2 for Violin and Piano full track	16
11	Fanfare	12
12	Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra full track	11
13	IIIb Circus March full track	10
14	El Salon Mexico	9
14	Quiet City	9

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KZ wrote:
14 days ago

masterpiece = clarinet concerto

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capn_bill wrote:
30 days ago

Brings back a lot of memories

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globalsunset wrote:
December 2008

HOE DOWN!!!

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hullerombuller wrote:
November 2008

Hoe-Down Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJymD0BFAC4

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Kevonetwothree wrote:
August 2008

I love this guy's stuff! Definitely one of my favorite composers!

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ToothandNail04 wrote:
July 2008

Piano Variations is the shit. Then again I'm more drawn to his avant-garde works, so go figure.

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xamwell wrote:
June 2008

corral nocturne is one great piece of music

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Gamester wrote:
April 2008

Join the new Leonard Bernstein Group! Check it out! :o) http://www.last.fm/group/Leonard+Bernstein

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Gamester wrote:
April 2008

Join the new Aaron Copland Group! Check it out! :o) http://www.last.fm/group/Aaron+Copland

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jodlesnowdle wrote:
March 2008

I'm about to play 'Jazzy' in my Grade 8 exam today... wish me luck

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vladsinger wrote:
August 2007

Really embodies the traditional image of America. I like Hoedown from Rodeo. Played the 1st violin part a couple years ago. Lots of fun.

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nDroae wrote:
June 2007

I was in a Music Appreciation class that briefly studied Rodeo. (Ro-DAY-o!) I later bought recordings of the Appalachian Spring suite and his Third Symphony, which I like very much. Then I bought three albums by the band Copeland. It's fun to alternately listen to both. :-P

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heaventree22 wrote:
May 2007

he put together such a great sound

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carol9a wrote:
March 2007

so much fun to play!

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tasteofink24 wrote:
January 2007

my fav. composer

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Sylearn wrote:
September 2006

New images to vote for !

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halnine wrote:
June 2006

Not as a disrespect, but I just found San Francisco Opera has a Copland album called The Populist. And to this all I can say is - RESPECT

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