Aaron Copland: The Life & Work of an Uncommon ManA candid and fascinating portrait of the American composer. |
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... later, more prosperous years, he did so usually to please younger friends.16 Some of these same friends were surprised and troubled to find that Copland, having become well-to-do, spent money so cautiously. But others contended that ...
... later years, he also napped for an hour in mid- or late afternoon. Unless pressed by a deadline, he did his real composing only after dinner, from about eight in the evening to midnight or later. “Music is largely the product of the ...
... later years a Great Dane named Nadja (in honor of his teacher, Nadia Boulanger) and a cat called Helen.31 Copland's involvements with the other arts often centered on connections with one or another friend or collaborator. On his ...
... later recall.12 Of his four siblings, he retained weakest ties with Josephine, who married Louis Bergman in 1915 and, as far as he was concerned, essentially disappeared into suburban New Jersey. In contrast, he remained very close with ...
... later years, Leon and Mildred sometimes lunched with Copland; but like his other siblings, Leon scrupulously honored Aaron's need for quiet and privacy. “We do not see him often as he belongs to the world,” explained Mildred to the ...
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 |