Aaron Copland

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Aaron Copland (New York, 14. studenog 1900. - Westchester, 2. prosinca 1990.), američki skladatelj i dirigent.

Svojim skladbama i teorijskim tekstovima forsirao je učenike N. Boulangera da razvijaju vlastitu samostalnu i modernu američku glazbu to spajajući elemente klasične europske glazbe s elemetima jazza i američkog folklora.

Za svoj balet "Appalachian Spring" dobio je 1945. godine Pulitzerovu nagradu.

Odabrana djela

• Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse (1920)
• Four Motets (1922)
• Passacaglia (glasovir solo) (1922)
• Symphony for Organ and Orchestra (1924)
• Music for the Theater (1925)
• Dance Symphony (1925)
• Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1926)
• Symphonic Ode (1927-1929)
• Piano Variations (1930)
• Grohg (1925/32) (balet)
• Short Symphony (1931-33)
• Statements for orchestra (1932-35) (druga simfonija)
• The Second Hurricane, play-opera za srednjoškolski orkestar (1936)
• El Salón México (1936)
• Billy the Kid (1938) (balet)
• Quiet City (1940)
• Our Town (1940) (film)
• Piano Sonata (1939-41)
• An Outdoor Overture (1941), pisana za američke srednjoškolske orkestre
• Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)
• Lincoln Portrait (1942)
• Rodeo (1942) (balet)
• Danzon Cubano (1942)
• Music for the Movies (1942)
• Sonata for violin and piano (1943)
• Appalachian Spring (1944) (balet)
• Symphony No. 3 (1944-1946) (treća simfonija)
• In the Beginning (1947)
• The Red Pony (1948)
• Clarinet Concerto ("opunomoćen" sa strane Benny Goodmana) (1947-1948)
• Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (1950)
• Piano Quartet (1950)
• Old American Songs (1952)
• The Tender Land (1954) (opera)
• Canticle of Freedom (1955)
• Orchestral Variations (1957) (orkestracija varijacija za glasovir)
• Piano Fantasy (1957)
• Dance Panels (1959; nadopunjeno 1962) (balet)
• Connotations For Orchestra (1962)
• Down A Country Lane (1962)
• Music for a Great City (1964) (bazirano na glazbi iz filma Something Wild (film iz 1961. godine )
• Emblems, za puhači orkestar (1964)
• Inscape (1967)
• Duo for flute and piano (1971)
• Three Latin American Sketches (1972)