Aaron Copland: The Life & Work of an Uncommon ManA candid and fascinating portrait of the American composer. |
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... David Conte, Mervyn Cooke, Roque Cordero, John Corigliano, Robert Cornell ... David Hogan, Mark Horowitz, Michael Horvit, Betty Izant, Edward Jablonski, David ... Diamond, Verna Fine, Alex Jeschke, Erik Johns, Kent Kennan, Vivian Perlis ...
... David Diamond, Leonard Bernstein, and Phillip Ramey—three of his closest friends—all independently observed how strangely uncommunicative he appeared at the death of a beloved family member or friend. Diamond concluded, “There's never a ...
... David Diamond. He personally found it beneficial to put his work aside for a few weeks from time to time: “The passage of time is then a big help in reaching a true and just estimation of what you've accomplished.” The eleven-minute ...
... David Diamond's Friday evening service, amazing that composer with his knowledge of the Jewish holiday services.” Like many contemporaries, Copland regarded Judaism alternately in terms of 26 A. A R O N CO P L A N D.
... David Diamond, that there was “a mystery behind the whole aspect of being with a capital B, as he used to call it.” Arnold Dobrin similarly reported, Aaron Copland has not followed the religion of his parents. He is an agnostic but one ...
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 |