Aaron Copland: The Life & Work of an Uncommon ManA candid and fascinating portrait of the American composer. |
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... concert for her husband. Friends 55 go. and colleagues typically described him as “warm,” “sweet,” and “lovely.” He became “Aaron” to thousands of mere acquaintances, thus setting the precedent for Bernstein's adoption of “Lenny ...
... concert at age fifteen all fired up about the music, only to find his parents too involved with playing cards to pay ... concerts, gratifying their shared sense of economy. They also carefully deflected any unrealistic expectations that ...
... concert, lecture, or any other feature, [the women members] would come to know each other more thoroughly; they would help this Congregation in its struggles and would add a good deal of importance and dignity to our Chevra, augmenting ...
... concerts during his years with Wolfsohn, even with the Brooklyn Academy in his own backyard; his serious ... concert he attended, presumably in 1915, of the Polish pianist-composer, Ignacy Paderewski. An electrifying musician ...
... concerts by Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra and took out a subscription to the Metropolitan Opera ... concert and attended dance recitals of Isadora Duncan and the touring Ballets Russes. He also scoured the standard ...
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 |