Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon ManOne of America's most beloved and accomplished composers, Aaron Copland played a crucial role in American music's coming of age. Indeed, Copland masterworks like Appalachian Spring and A Lincoln Portrait only begin to tell the epic story of a career spent composing a wealth of music for opera, ballet, chorus, orchestra, chamber ensemble, band, radio, and film. Howard Pollack's expansive biography examines Copland's long list of accomplishments while also telling the story of the composer's musical development, political sympathies, personal life, relationships as an openly gay man, and tireless encouragement of younger composers. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award, Copland played a vital role in the Yaddo Festival and as a beloved teacher at Tanglewood, Harvard, and the New School for Social Research. He turned to conducting later in life and via tours promoted American classical music overseas while taking it to appreciative audiences across the United States. |
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Contents
A Copland Portrait | 3 |
Background Matters | 15 |
Early Education and First Works | 30 |
Paris | 45 |
Copland and the Music of Europe | 57 |
From Sonata Movement to Grohg 192124 | 76 |
Return and Rediscovery | 88 |
South of the Border | 216 |
From The North Star to Appalachian Spring 194344 | 378 |
From Jubilee Variation to Four Piano Blues 194548 | 407 |
From The Red Pony to the Piano Quartet 194850 | 428 |
The Changing Scene | 451 |
From Old American Songs to the Piano Fantasy 195057 | 467 |
From Dance Panels to Connotations 195962 | 486 |
From Emblems to Proclamation 196482 | 503 |
Identity Issues | 518 |
Personal Affairs | 234 |
Copland and the American Theater | 257 |
An Engaged Citizen | 270 |
From the Short Symphony to A Prairie Journal 193337 | 288 |
From Billy the Kid to John Henry 193840 | 314 |
Music for the Movies and for Keyboard 193941 | 336 |
From Lincoln Portrait to Danzón Cubano 1942 | 357 |
The Later Years | 532 |
Conclusion | 550 |
List of Works | 556 |
Notes | 564 |
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