Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
What did Aaron Copland mean in this quote?
“To explain the creative musician's basic objective in elementary terms, I would say that a composer writes music to express and communicate and put down in permanent form certain thoughts, emotions, and states of being. These thoughts and emotions are gradually formed by the contact of the composer's personality with the world in which he lives. He expresses these thoughts (musical ones…) in the musical language of His Own time. The resultant work of art should speak to men and women of the artist's own time with a directness and immediacy of communicative power that no previous art expression can give.” -Aaron Copland
What "thoughts, emotions,and states of being" do you notice musicians today committing to musical form?
Copeland's music is interesting, though I'm not a huge fan. Composers were really into the music and melodies, you don't see that often any more. There's still some awesome music being written, But You don't see the old style like anthems to planets like Holst, or 'midnight sonata' by Mozart, or Copeland's own "Fanfare for the common man" (excellent song, also excellent version done by ELP). - things that are musical dedications meant to invoke a certain thought with no corresponding lyrics.
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Copland Conducts Copland
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A Masterworks Expanded Edition with bonus material and Sony s DSD System for best possible sound quality. Songs include Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring Rodeo, Old American Songs, and more. Conductor: Aaron Copland (1900-1990)Baritone: William WarfieldPlaying Time: 78 minutesPublisher: Spring Arbor/IngramISBN: 2796904032
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The Copland Collection: Orchestral & Ballet Works, 1936-1948
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Aaron Copland made numerous recordings of his own music, including an extensive series for CBS during the 1960s and '70s, mostly with London orchestras. He was not an especially proficient conductor--consequently, the performances he conducted often lacked pace and rhythmic punch. His last recordings of his most popular scores have been reissued by Sony on an exceptionally well-remastered 3-CD set. These accounts do a good job of conveying the overall shape of the pieces, and they deliver telling characterizations of many episodes. Details emerge that are lost in some other accounts, and there is an appealing gentleness and sweetness to the approach. But the readings do not have as much grip as those of Bernstein and Slatkin, among others, and in spite of the authority they automatically possess, they are not necessarily preferable. --Ted Libbey
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Bernstein Century - Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, etc / Bernstein, New York PO
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Happy is the composer who has an advocate as passionate and talented as Leonard Bernstein. These Copland performances have been the preferred versions since they were first issued--better even than the composer's own, later recordings. Originally they were spread over two discs, but thanks to the extended playing time of the compact disc, you can now get all three great Copland ballets together, along with the ever popular Fanfare for the Common Man. Bernstein brings to this music the right sharpness of rhythm but also a typically open-hearted warmth. He coaxes a virtuoso response from the New York Philharmonic, which knows this music as well (or better) than anyone. Self- recommending. --David Hurwitz
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Piano Music of Aaron Copland
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