Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland · Arts & Literature
Composer who defined an American classical sound with Appalachian Spring and Fanfare for the Common Man
1900, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 1990, North Tarrytown (Sleepy Hollow), New York, United States
United States
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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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Composer who defined an American classical sound with Appalachian Spring and Fanfare for the Common Man
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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