Transcript Aaron Copland conducting, Berlin, 1970

What does this person
do?
What clues can you find in
this picture to help you figure
out what he does for a living?
Did you figure it out?
Maybe the next picture will help you out.
Describe what you see.
Do you see anything new?
Where do you think this picture
might have been taken?
Start forming a hypothesis about
what the man does for a living.
What’s new now?
Have you found anything to help
you discover who the man was
and what he did?
Describe the new things
in the photograph.
How does this change
your hypothesis about
the man?
•Was your hypothesis correct?
•What does the man do?
•Do you think he might be known for doing
something else, too? If so, what?
Aaron Copland
♫Born November 14, 1900
in Brooklyn, NY
♫He started his musical
training by taking piano
lessons when he was 14.
♫He took composition lessons at 17 with a
professor at the Julliard School of Music
(prestigious music school in NY).
♫After he
graduated
high school,
he went to
France to
study with a
very famous
teacher (Nadia
Boulanger).
♫He sold his first piece in 1921. It was called
Scherzo Humoristique (Cat and Mouse).
♫Copland became a well-known composer
and teacher after his studies were
completed. He also helped found Arrow
Music Press (a music publishing
company).
♫On October 16,
1938, his ballet
Billy the Kid first
opened in
Chicago.
♫He published his first book, What to Listen
for in Music in 1939. He published at least
five other books in his lifetime.
♫In 1942, Copland’s Lincoln Portrait was
premiered in Cincinnati
♫He also complete two other important
works that year: the ballet Rodeo and
Fanfare for the Common Man.
♫Copland won a Pulizter Prize and a NY
Music Critics Circle Award for his ballet
Appalachian Spring.
♫Copland’s full-length opera, entitled The
Tender Land premiered on April 1, 1954
in New York City.
(Can anyone guess who was in that opera just a few years ago?)
Aaron Copland was a great American composer,
teacher, and conductor. He made many popular
and important recordings as a conductor and was
a popular teacher at Harvard and Tanglewood.
He also worked to free American music from the
sound Europe by using jazz and folk music to
create his compositions.
Credits
Biographical Information taken from Aaron Copland Collection: Timeline 1900-1990; Music Division,
Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/actime.html
Introductory Photo: Aaron Copland at Rock Hill
Collection: Aaron Copland Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress
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Zoom-In Photo: Aaron Copland conducting at a recording session, England
Copyright: Mrs. Rheba Kraft, Providence, RI
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Photo: Aaron Copland at piano with space heater
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Photo: Nadia Boulanger and her class, Paris, 1923
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More Credits…
Photo: Billy the Kid: production shot, 1938
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Photo: Set and cast for the first production of Appalachian Spring. Left to right: Martha Graham, Erick
Hawkins, May O'Donnell, Merce Cunningham, the four followers. A posed picture rather than a still
from the dance, 1944
Collection: Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress
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Photo: The Tender Land, production shot, 1954
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Photo: Aaron Copland conducting
Copyright: Mary Leipziger,
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And Still More Credits…
Photo: Aaron Copland conducting, Berlin, 1970
Copyright: Mrs. Rheba Kraft, Providence, RI
Collection: Aaron Copland Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress
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Photo: Aaron Copland outdoors, 1978
Collection: Aaron Copland Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress
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