Christina Aispuro November 19‚ 2012 Professor Jenkins Aaron Copland Music has shaped the world since it originated and it keeps developing to inspire people. The Twentieth Century music was in the time frame of 1900 through 2009. Every musical period in time has some influences that help develop the unique styles of this era. Aaron Copland was an intelligent individual of this time. He participated in musical works from 1900 to 1990. Aaron Copland was known as the American Composer because his works
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Appalachian Spring was one of Aaron top tracks not only did it hit world wide it endure popularity as an orchestral suite. One of America influenced choreographer Martha Graham perform at the Library of Congress in Washington DC on October 30‚ 1944 which went down in history. Later that next year Aaron was awarded the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his outstanding track. Copland was extremely multi talented he was a composer‚ composition teacher‚ writer and conductor of music. Between 1935
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My composer Aaron Copland was in the modern era. He was born in Brooklyn‚ New York on November 14‚ 1900. He died in North Tarrytown‚New York on December 2‚ 1990. He died of Alzheimer’s disease and respiratory failure. During this time World War 2 had begun ‚ the great depression‚World War 1‚ Russian revolution‚ and the Cold War. Aaron Copland received some of his training from Nadia Boulanger at the Paris Conservatory. His older sister also taught him how to play the piano. The only one in his
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desire to create original and inspirational music that was uniquely American‚ Aaron Copland became one of the most decorated and respected composers of the twentieth century. Born November 14th 1900 to Jewish immigrants from Lithuania‚ Copland played piano at a very young age. He took lessons in harmony and counterpoint with Goldmark‚ an old-fashioned teacher who was dedicated to Beethoven and Fux‚ and against whom Copland rebelled‚ becoming enamored with Scriabin‚ Debussy and Ives. By the age of
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was important that I incorporate American Folk music. Tonight I offer the four pieces from Aaron Copland’s (1900-1990) Old American Songs Set I and II. Aaron Copland is a favorite and one of the most audience accessible composers of the 20th century. His most famous works include the ballets Appalachian Spring‚ Billy the Kid‚ and Rodeo‚ and his stirring Fanfare for the Common Man. The music of Aaron Copland often connects with listeners because of the beautiful simplicity found in his melodies.
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Aaron Copland: Quiet City On August 18‚ 2014 Live.com played a Aaron Copland ’s original Quiet City performed by Christopher Brellochs on their classical music station. Although I only heard the end of this piece‚ I decided to research the composer of this music. Aaron Copland was born November 14‚ 1900 to Sarah Mittenthal and Harris Copland. Copland received his musical interest from his family. Almost everyone‚ except his father‚ were musical beings. His mother even sang and played the piano
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Aaron Copland How We Listen This essay How We Listen by Aaron Copland deals with the three ways in which we listen to music. The three planes he talks about are sensory‚ expressive‚ and musical. Copland begins the essay with the simplest way of listening to music‚ or the sensuous plane. This is when we listen to music simply just for pleasure. It does not require any thought process. It’s a way of listening to music subconsciously. Copland says most of
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17 February 2014 Richelle Mott Interpretation of Aaron Copland‚ “How We Listen”. If you find yourself spending more time with your I-pod than your television‚ have a large hard drive for your computer devoted solely to music files‚ or make like the kids in the popular television series “Glee” and randomly burst into song‚ then you most likely consider yourself quite the music aficionado. An article entitled “How We Listen” by Aaron Copland suggests otherwise. In it‚ he breaks down listening
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From the reading “How We Listen”‚ I found the ideas that Aaron Copland presented are interesting. I was entreated by his explanation of listening to music. There are three layers in listening to music‚ they are the sensuous plane‚ expressive plane‚ and the sheerly musical plane. I found myself mostly in the expressive plane‚ but lack of the awareness of listening music through a more technical mean. Music is a form an expression‚ it cannot be defined by an exact word or description. Certainly‚ there
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Aaron Copland’s essay of How we Listen divides the listening of music into 3 different planes‚ (1) the sensuous plane‚ (2) the expressive plane‚ (3) and the sheerly musical plane. In each of the sections‚ Aaron defines illustrate and compares the planes against each other. Copland says most people listen to music in the primitive “sensuous plane”‚ listening simply for sheer pleasure. The “expressive plane” is when listeners try to find the meaning behind the notes‚ what the piece is saying‚ and what
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