Aaron Copland

PREUSMJERI Predložak:Infookvir skladatelj

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)