Fanfare for the Common Man (2:52)

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Composed in 1942 (while Copland was working on his Third and final symphony, which uses a reworked version of the Fanfare extensively in its fourth movement). It was written to a commission by Eugène Goossens, conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. According to Copland, Goossens, who had commissioned fanfares from British composers during World War I to begin each orchestral concert, had decided to do so again using American composers. 18 such fanfares were commissioned.

Copland considered several titles including Fanfare for a Solemn Ceremony and Fanfare for Four Freedoms; to Goossens’ surprise, however, Copland titled the piece Fanfare for the Common Man. Goossens wrote “Its title is as original as its music, and I think it is so telling that it deserves a special occasion for its performance. If it is agreeable to you, we will premiere it 12 March 1943 at income tax time”. Copland’s replied that he was “all for honoring the common man at income tax time”.

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Fletch99 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

There are much better performances of this piece of music. Check out the version by London Symphony Brass. http://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Brass/dp/B001LAFX3W/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1231422951&sr=8-7

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wouazO2 wrote:
last week

umm

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szakacszoltan wrote:
23 days ago

It's All Good!

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MiCassiel wrote:
December 2008

It's All Good!

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[deleted-user] wrote:
November 2008

awesome
runawayuniverse wrote:
November 2008

Brilliant piece

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wouazO wrote:
November 2008

M

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djtomzig wrote:
November 2008

fanfarenomenal

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horchposten wrote:
November 2008

great!

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Fly_es wrote:
November 2008

Grandiosa....lo dice un hombre común...!!!

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chivisss wrote:
October 2008

katie laing said the only answer to Andjam79: overused! instead you can imagine in a hill at point to take a city, you only can imagine dodgers about playing! je je

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Andjam79 wrote:
October 2008

Doesn't something like this play on Channel Nine's Cricket coverage? Or Nine's Wide World of Sports?

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morguebabe wrote:
September 2008

I LOVE playing it.

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lenerbener wrote:
September 2008

It captures the soul. The use of the timpanes is masterful. Aside from how amazing the actual song is, it is like a call for all athletes. It screams competition!

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musicsam wrote:
September 2008

Magnificent!

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KatieLaing wrote:
September 2008

Such a great song, I wish it wasn't so over used.

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ryadeum wrote:
August 2008

Emerson Lake and Palmer did a version on their Works album http://www.lastfm.de/music/Emerson%252C%2BLake%2B%2526%2BPalmer/Works

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smileham wrote:
July 2008

I think this music has been used as the starting "menu" screen for the game Civilization.

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spaceytracy91 wrote:
July 2008

definitely not from the west wing

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hickojnr wrote:
July 2008

This is an amazing piece of music! Reminds me of my father playing it when i was young...

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