Aaron Copland (b. 1900)

AARON COPLAND is among the most conspicuous figures in the large list of American composers. He has not only made a significant contribution to most of the contemporary musical forms, but has been of great service to many a fellow worker in the musical world. A notable instance of such endeavor is h...

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Published inMasterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire p. 217
Main Author DONALD N. FERGUSON
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Minnesota Press 25.03.1968
EditionNED - New edition
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Clarinets
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Orchestral music
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Summary:AARON COPLAND is among the most conspicuous figures in the large list of American composers. He has not only made a significant contribution to most of the contemporary musical forms, but has been of great service to many a fellow worker in the musical world. A notable instance of such endeavor is his present activity with the summer camp at Tanglewood, in Massachusetts. His musical study began in his thirteenth year, with Victor Wittgenstein and Clarence Adler in piano and Rubin Goldmark in composition. He had a brief period of study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in 1924. So striking
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