Aaron Copland: The Life & Work of an Uncommon ManA candid and fascinating portrait of the American composer. |
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... Quartet (1948–50) 428 24. The Changing Scene 451 25. From Old American Songs to the Piano Fantasy (1950–57) 467 26. From Dance Panels to Connotations (1959–62) 486 27. From Emblems to Proclamation (1964–82) 503 28. Identity Issues 518 ...
... quartets by Stravinsky, Bartók, Milhaud, Hindemith, Wellesz, and Cowell, along with works by Schoenberg, Webern, and others. Copland taught at the New School until 1930, taking five years off before returning there in 1935, by which ...
... quartets, which “imply a more cultivated listener perhaps, because there you may justifiably wonder about the exact emotion suggested by a particular section.” Although he appreciated the fact that the Romantics introduced a heightened ...
... quartets to the small list of Schoenberg works he deemed “indubitable masterpieces.”20 Even after Copland adapted Schoenberg's twelve-tone method for some works, he touted Boulanger as a healthier mentor for young Americans, stating, “I ...
... Quartet along with Bartók's Improvisations, which he described as “an exquisite little work.” “When he is at his best, as in the Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta,” wrote Copland years later, “Bartók takes his place in the ...
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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 |