![]() ![]() In addition to his ballets and orchestral works, he produced music in many other genres, including chamber music, vocal works, opera and film scores.Īfter some initial studies with composer Rubin Goldmark, Copland traveled to Paris, where he first studied with Isidor Philipp and Paul Vidal, then with noted pedagogue Nadia Boulanger. ![]() ![]() Works in this vein include the ballets Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid and Rodeo, his Fanfare for the Common Man and Third Symphony. He is best known for the works he wrote in the 1930s and 1940s in a deliberately accessible style often referred to as "populist" and which the composer labeled his "vernacular" style. The open, slowly changing harmonies in much of his music are typical of what many people consider to be the sound of American music, evoking the vast American landscape and pioneer spirit. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the "Dean of American Composers". Aaron Copland as subject of a Young People's Concert, 1970Īaron Copland ( / ˈ k oʊ p l ə n d/, KOHP-lənd November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. ![]()
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