Aaron Copland: The Life & Work of an Uncommon ManA candid and fascinating portrait of the American composer. |
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... Billy the Kid, Rodeo, Appalachian Spring, and The Red Pony. But the full richness of Copland's accomplishments and the life that lay behind them have rarely been appreciated, and have never, until now, been thoroughly scrutinized and ...
... Billy the Kid to John Henry (1938–40) 314 19. Music for the Movies and for Keyboard (1939–41) 336 20. From Lincoln Portrait to Danzón Cubano (1942) 357 21. From The North Star to Appalachian Spring (1943–44) 378 22. From “Jubilee ...
... Billy the Kid and Rodeo, his piano sonata, and his piano and violin sonata—all have the stamp of an authentic personality.” In 1953 he further noted, What strikes one immediately in Copland's work is the feeling for the soil of his own ...
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Contents
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6 From Sonata Movement to Grohg 192124 | 76 |
7 Return and Rediscovery | 88 |
8 The Usable Past | 107 |
19 Music for the Movies and for Keyboard 193941 | 336 |
20 From Lincoln Portrait to Danzόn Cubano 1942 | 357 |
21 From The North Star to Appalachian Spring 194344 | 378 |
22 From Jubilee Variation to Four Piano Blues 194548 | 407 |
23 From The Red Pony to the Piano Quartet 194850 | 428 |
24 The Changing Scene | 451 |
25 From Old American Songs to the Piano Fantasy 195057 | 467 |
26 From Dance Panels to Connotations 195962 | 486 |
9 From the Organ Symphony to Vocalise 192428 | 121 |
10 From Vitebsk to the Piano Variations 192830 | 142 |
11 Copland Among His Peers | 159 |
12 Copland and Younger American Composers | 178 |
13 South of the Border | 216 |
14 Personal Affairs | 234 |
15 Copland and the American Theater | 257 |
16 An Engaged Citizen | 270 |
17 From the Short Symphony to A Prairie Journal 193337 | 288 |
18 From Billy the Kid to John Henry 193840 | 314 |
27 From Emblems to Proclamation 196482 | 503 |
28 Identity Issues | 518 |
29 The Later Years | 532 |
Conclusion | 550 |
List of Works | 557 |
Notes | 564 |
Selected Bibliography | 664 |
Index | 671 |