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Aaron Copland

Who

Aaron Copland · Arts & Literature

What

Composer who defined an American classical sound with Appalachian Spring and Fanfare for the Common Man

When

1900, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 1990, North Tarrytown (Sleepy Hollow), New York, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Aaron Copland is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Composer who defined an American classical sound with Appalachian Spring and Fanfare for the Common Man

How & why

Copland was an American composer who forged a distinctly American classical voice, drawing on folk and open-plains idioms in works such as Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid and Fanfare for the Common Man. Often called the dean of American composers, he won the Pulitzer Prize. He was born in Brooklyn to Lithuanian-Jewish immigrant parents.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

Contributions & Sources

Composer who defined an American classical sound with Appalachian Spring and Fanfare for the Common Man

1900

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music