Saturday, October 7, 2023 | Composer of the Week

Aaron Copland   ("AIR-in  COPE-lund”)

• Born in United States of America, 1900
• Died in 1990 at age 89
• Contemporary Period

Compositions Include:

• A Lincoln Portrait
• Appalachian Spring
• The Cat and Mouse (at age 21)
• ballet Rodeo
• ballet Billy the Kid

 Other Details:

• Born in New York City to Jewish Russian immigrants
• After high school, played in dance bands
• Studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris
• Combined elements of jazz, blues, and popular music into his classical compositions