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Aaron Copland

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born

November 14, 1900 in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

died

December 02, 1990

gender

male

genre

Musical Criticism

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Aaron Copland was born on November 14, 1900 in New York City. His musical works ranged from ballet and orchestral music to choral music and movie scores. For the better part of four decades Aaron Copland was considered the premier American composer.

Copland learned to play piano from an older sister. By the time he was fifteen he had decided to become a composer. His first tentative steps included a correspondence course in writing harmony. In 1921 Copland traveled to Paris to attend the newly founded music school for Americans at Fontainebleau. He was the first American student of the brilliant teacher, Nadia Boulanger. After three years in Paris he returned to New York with his first major commission, writing an organ concerto for the Amer...more

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Books by Aaron Copland

Average rating: 3.92 · 856 ratings · 61 reviews · 33 distinct works

	What to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copland, Alan Rich (Foreword and Epilogue), William Schuman (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 805 ratings — published 1939 — 27 editions	My rating:
	Music and Imagination 3.75 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Copland: 1900 Through 1942 by Aaron Copland, Vivian Perlis 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Copland: Since 1943 by Aaron Copland, Vivian Perlis 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Appalachian Spring: 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	Appalachian Spring Suite 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	The New Music, 1900 1960 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	Aaron Copeland: Concerto 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	My rating:
	Copland - Ballet Suites: The Masterworks Library 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1999	My rating:
	Copland on Music 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1977 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Aaron Copland

“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.”
― Aaron Copland

tags: music

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“Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or
perhaps of subconsciousness—I wouldn't know. But I am
sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.”
― Aaron Copland

tags: criticism , music , philosophy

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“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No'.”
― Aaron Copland, What to Listen for in Music

tags: meaning , music

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