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Aaron Copland♫Born November 14, 1900

in Brooklyn, NY

♫He started his musical training by taking piano lessons when he was 14.

♫He took composition lessons at 17 with a professor at the Julliard School of Music (prestigious music school in NY).

♫After he graduated high school, he went to France to study with a very famous teacher (Nadia Boulanger).

♫He sold his first piece in 1921. It was called Scherzo Humoristique (Cat and Mouse).

♫Copland became a well-known composer and teacher after his studies were completed. He also helped found Arrow Music Press (a music publishing company).

♫On October 16, 1938, his ballet Billy the Kid first opened in Chicago.

♫He published his first book, What to Listen for in Music in 1939. He published at least five other books in his lifetime.

♫In 1942, Copland’s Lincoln Portrait was premiered in Cincinnati

♫He also complete two other important works that year: the ballet Rodeo and Fanfare for the Common Man.

♫Copland won a Pulizter Prize and a NY Music Critics Circle Award for his ballet Appalachian Spring.

♫Copland’s full-length opera, entitled The Tender Land premiered on April 1, 1954 in New York City.

(Can anyone guess who was in that opera just a few years ago?)

Aaron Copland was a great American composer, teacher, and conductor. He made many popular and important recordings as a conductor and was a popular teacher at Harvard and Tanglewood. He also worked to free American music from the sound Europe by using jazz and folk music to create his compositions.

Biographical Information taken from Aaron Copland Collection: Timeline 1900-1990; Music Division, Library of Congresshttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/actime.html

Introductory Photo: Aaron Copland at Rock HillCollection: Aaron Copland Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress

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Zoom-In Photo: Aaron Copland conducting at a recording session, EnglandCopyright: Mrs. Rheba Kraft, Providence, RICollection: Aaron Copland Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress

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Photo: Aaron Copland at piano with space heaterCollection: Aaron Copland Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress

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Photo: Nadia Boulanger and her class, Paris, 1923Collection: Aaron Copland Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress

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Credits

Photo: Billy the Kid: production shot, 1938Copyright: New York Public Library, Photographic Services and PermissionsCollection: Aaron Copland Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress

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Photo: Set and cast for the first production of Appalachian Spring. Left to right: Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, May O'Donnell, Merce Cunningham, the four followers. A posed picture rather than a still from the dance, 1944

Collection: Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress

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Photo: The Tender Land, production shot, 1954

Collection: Aaron Copland Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress

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Photo: Aaron Copland conducting

Copyright: Mary Leipziger,

Collection: Aaron Copland Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress

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Photo: Aaron Copland conducting, Berlin, 1970

Copyright: Mrs. Rheba Kraft, Providence, RI

Collection: Aaron Copland Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress

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Photo: Aaron Copland outdoors, 1978

Collection: Aaron Copland Collection; Music Division, Library of Congress

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