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Aaron Copland American Composer, Teacher, Writer and Conductor by Ian Dazley Early Years •Born in Brooklyn, New York on November 14th, 1900 •Parents were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania •Started formal piano at 13 •Graduated from Boys High School in Brooklyn 1918 •1918-1921 studies music with Ruben Goldmark and Clarence Adler •Drawn to JAZZ Game Changer • • • • 1921 Moved to France Studied at the new American Conservatory Took harmony classes from Nadia Boulanger Influenced by new music Nadia is Nice • • • • Aaron was her first American pupil She helped shape his musical development Helped him get music published Secured a commission for the Boston Symphony - she was well connected Copland the Gringo goes to Mexico •Carlos Chavez invites him to Mexico •Loved the people •Visits a Dance Hall •Writes El Salon Mexico El Salon Mexico https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqGKz46BJ wk folk influence •Uses Mexican Folk Songs •El Palo Verde •Le Jesusita •El Mosco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEQck5bA958 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSHbjnwuNoQ http://app.rhapsody.com/artist/various-artists/album/bernsteinconducts-copland I’m an AmeriCAN • Wants to influence Americans through music • Uses folk songs • Writes Ballets that are American themed • Wins a Pulitzer Folk influence in Hoe-Down, theBallets Rondo from Rodeo http://app.rhapsody.com/artist/various-artists/album/stars-fora-summer-night-all-star-festival/track/hoe-down-from-rodeoaaron-copland Folk Melodies Bonaparte’s Retreat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yeQucos9-M McLoed’s Reel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3j-6hDbXV0 Gilderoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUJgrqRdvEQ Appalachian Spring Simple Gifts a Shaker Dance http://app.rhapsody.com/search?query=appalachian+Spring+si mple+gifts Writes 5 Variations Hoe-Down Video http://vimeo.com/5020134 Ever the AmeriCAN through his Movie Scores • Deeply patriotic • Connected with everyday people with movie scores • Wrote scores for Of Mice and Men, The North Star, The Red Pony, and the Heiress Still an AmeriCAN even though accused of Communism • Creates Fanfare for the Common Man • A Lincoln Portrait • Accused of Communism • Forced to testify before McCarthy • Keeps his cool It was over and the fat lady didn’t sing • • • • Composes full length opera The Tender Lands His Companion, Erik Johns aka Horrace Everett write libretto Not well received by critics The Promise of Living, a polyphonic song from the Opera still became popular. TONS OF AWARDS • • • • • • • Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts,1925 Pulitzer Prize - Appalachian Spring, 1945 Academy Award - The Heiress , 1950 Grammy Award - The Tender Lands, 1961 Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1964 Kennedy Center Honors - 1979 Congressional Medal of Honor and National Medal of Arts from Pres. Reagan, 1986 Later Years • • • • • Becomes a conductor Reworks some of his earlier works Starts getting Alzheimers Disease Dies on December 2nd, 1990 Ashes scattered at Tanglewood Music Center Bibliography http://www.loc.gov/collection/aaron-copland/about-this-collection/ http://www.biography.com/people/aaron-copland-9256998 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/aaron-copland/about-the-composer/475/ http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/aaron-copland39s-appalachian-spring-premieres-at-the-library-of-congress http://www.notablebiographies.com/Co-Da/Copland-Aaron.html http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200182578/default.html http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/03/14/specials/copland.html https://www.atlantasymphony.org/aso/asoassets/downloadcenter/DNGStudentGud.pdf http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/copland/notes.html http://nmphil.org/concerts/repertoire/copland-rodeo/ http://www.northbsr.com/PDF/41057383-El-Salon-Mexico-Analysis.pdf http://vimeo.com/5020134 http://mq.oxfordjournals.org/content/89/4/524.extract http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/music/kamien7e/locop.html https://www.atlantasymphony.org/aso/asoassets/downloadcenter/DNGStudentGud.pdf http://kgvmusicnotes.tumblr.com/elsalon_analysis_1 http://quizlet.com/10278067/experiencing-music-quiz-2-listening-part-1-flash-cards/ https://www.mondaviarts.org/education/education_pdfs/1213/1213_Teachers_Guide_2013_03_15_St_Louis_Symphony.pdf http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/fromthetop/for-teachers/season-2/213/appalachian_spring.php http://www.judyspitzberg.com/index_files/copland.pdf