Aaron Copland
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American, 1900 - 1990. Composer of the quintessential American music: Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Fanfare for the Common Man. Although his music is spectacular and evocative of the American experience, his life was atypical of the same. A New Yorker, Jewish (Copland was changed by his forebears from Kaplan to sound less Jewish), homosexual, he was in fact quite the opposite of a Daniel Boone character. Yet in his art he created images as clear and patriotic as John Phillip Sousa or Norman Rockwell. I now celebrate him for the very American characteristic of adding generously to the fabric of life and culture while refusing to blindly step in line.
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ahnyerkeester 12 years, 2 months ago
Brilliant composer!!
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tersteeg 12 years, 2 months ago
I was just listening to Appalachian Spring this past weekend while enjoying a relaxing morning of reading the paper (actual paper) and a fresh cup of Stumptown Coffee.
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