AARON COPLAND: Pictures, Links, and Quotes

"So long as the human spirit
thrives on this planet,
music in some living form

will accompany and sustain it

and give it expressive meaning."

COPLAND PORTRAIT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38_uc7YbpTc

"For me, the most important thing is the element of

chance that is built into a live performance.

The very great drawback of recorded sound

is the fact that it is always the same.

No matter how."

"Inspiration may be a form

of super-consciousness,

or perhaps of subconsciousness;

I wouldn't know.

But I am sure it is the antithesis

of self-consciousness."

"I hope my recordings of my own works won't

inhibit other people's performances.

The brutal fact is that one doesn't always get

the exact tempo one wants,

although one improves with experience."


























"To stop the flow of music would be like

the stopping of time itself,

incredible and inconceivable."

"I object to background music
no matter how good it is.

Composers want people to listen to their music,

they don't want them doing something else
while their music is on."

"If the listener does eventually come to the point

where he makes the ultimate performance

by splicing tapes from other musicians' recordings,

he will eventually become just as bored with it."






"A melody is not merely
something you can hum."

AARON COPLAND

INTERVIEW

by Studs Terkel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yhWY05rg3s

COPLAND:
ORCHESTRAL WORKS

(FULL CONCERT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr_Y5QdW7wc

CD 1

1. Danzon Cubano

-- Eduardo Mata/Dallas Symphony Orchestra

2. Copland: Billy The Kid: The Open Prairie

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

3. Copland: Billy The Kid: Street In A Frontier Town

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

4. Copland: Billy The Kid: Mexican Dance And Finale

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

5. Copland: Billy The Kid: Prairie Night (Card Game At Night)

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

6. Copland: Billy The Kid: Gun Battle

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

7. Copland: Billy The Kid: Celebration (After Billy's Capture)

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

8. Copland: Billy The Kid: Billy In Prison (His Escape)

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

9. Copland: Billy The Kid: Billy In The Desert

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

10. Copland: Billy The Kid: Billy's Death

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

11. Copland: Billy The Kid: The Open Prairie Again

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

12. Copland: Appalachian Spring: Very Slowly

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

13. Copland: Appalachian Spring: Allegro

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

14. Copland: Appalachian Spring: Moderato -- The Bride And Her Intended

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

15. Copland: Appalachian Spring: Fast -- The Revivalist And His Flock

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

16. Copland: Appalachian Spring: Allegro -- Solo Dance Of The Bride

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

17. Copland: Appalachian Spring: Meno Mosso

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

18. Copland: Appalachian Spring: Doppio Movimento -- Variations On A Shaker Hymn

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

19. Copland: Appalachian Spring: Moderato -- Coda

-- Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

CD 2

1. Copland: Fanfare For The Common Man

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

2. Copland: Rodeo: Buckaroo Holid

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

3. Copland: Rodeo: Corral Nocturne

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

4. Copland: Rodeo: Piano Interlude And Saturday Night Waltz

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

5. Copland: Rodeo: Hoe-Down

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

6. Copland: El Salon Mexico

-- Eduardo Mata/Dallas Symphony Orchestra

7. Copland: The Red Pony Suite: I. Morning On The Ranch

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

8. Copland: The Red Pony Suite: II. The Gift

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

9. Copland: The Red Pony Suite: III. A) Dream March

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

10. Copland: The Red Pony Suite: III. B) Circus March

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

11. Copland: The Red Pony Suite: IV. Walk To The Bunkhouse

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

12. Copland: The Red Pony Suite: V. Grandfather's Story

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

13. Copland: The Red Pony Suite: VI. Happy Ending

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

14. Copland: Dance Symphony: I. Introduction -- Lento -- Molto Allegro

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

15. Copland: Dance Symphony: II. Andante Moderato

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

16. Copland: Dance Symphony: III. Allegro Vivo

-- Enrique Batiz/Orquestra Filarmonica De La Ciudad de México

AARON COPLAND ON
WHY HE COMPOSES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjIpoD_WbBs

LINKS

http://www.coplandhouse.org

http://www.last.fm/music/Aaron+Copland/+images/54131797

http://www.iwise.com/Aaron_Copland

http://www.pbs.org/keepingscore/copland-american-sound.html

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95nov/copland.html

http://americanmavericks.org/meet-the-mavericks/aaron-copland

http://www.sfcv.org/learn/composer-gallery/copland-aaron

http://www.classical-music.com/topic/aaron-copland

http://www.enotes.com/aaron-copland-reference/copland-aaron-295476

http://www.atlantasymphony.org/About/Artists/Composers/Copland.aspx

gmusicprayingtwice.com/kids-activities/aaron-copland

http://www.quotesworthrepeating.com/quote-by/a-quote-
by/aaron-copland/145-quotation-by-aaron-copland/

http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/aaron-copland-321.php

http://www.lucksmusic.com/featured/Copland1900.asp

http://www.classicalnotes.net/classics/appalachian.html

http://www.classical.net/music/books/reviews/0805049096a.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Copland

http://musicbrainz.org/artist/aad3af83-5b59-4b86-a569-1a8409149b09

http://www.librarything.com/profile/AaronCopland

http://nabnyc.blogspot.com/2009/05/aaron-copland-1900-1990.html

http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/isam/NewsletS06/Schneider06.htm

http://aaronc0pland.tumblr.com/

http://archive.org/details/gov.ntis.ava03011vnb1

http://www.keepingscore.org/sites/default/files/swf/copland/full

http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/composer.pl?comp=76

http://www.chrisbsmusic.com/aaroncopland.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/01/who-was-that-masked-composer/306475/

http://www.thejewishweek.com/arts/music/copland's_journey_brooklyn_prairie

http://www.wgbh.org/articles/Lincoln-Portrait-The-Twists-and-Turns-of-an-American-Classic-5604

http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/5585.html

http://blogs.loc.gov/music/2010/11/happy-birthday-copland/

http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/aaron-copland

http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0011/copland.html

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/aaron-copland/

http://www.coplandfund.org/copland.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/acintro01.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/acbirth1.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/acbirthday.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/acbirth4.html

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2008/12/mystery-conductor-is-composer-aaron.html

http://www.uky.edu/~deen/Philharmonic/Copland/copland.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/aaron-copland/about-the-composer/475/

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/07/aaron-copland-1900-1990.html

http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/copland.php

http://people.famouswhy.com/aaron_copland/

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3713

http://www.good-music-guide.com/reviews/004_copland.htm

http://www.oberlin.edu/observer/observer16.18/copland.html

http://beta.wosu.org/classical101/classical-haiku-copland/

http://www.abc.net.au/classic/content/2012/06/25/3533196.htm

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4170338

http://www.angelfire.com/music5/mus607/page2.html

http://www.clintonsymphony.org/autumn2k12.htm

http://www.dsokids.com/listen/composerdetail.aspx?composerid=43

http://www.library.yale.edu/about/departments/oham/audio_copland.html

http://www.oldmagazinearticles.com/music_review_Third_Symphony
_by_Aaron_Copland#.UIOdXG_A-_Q

http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/enews/2009/march/insider.html

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/programs/from-archives-mavericks/2012/mar/08/

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000006/default.html

http://www.abouttown.us/dutchess/articles/summer05/copland.shtml

http://www.westminster.edu/staff/brennie/WDGroup4/what2listen4.htm

http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/05/03_morelockb_unamerican/

http://www.trafficeast.com/archives/issue-four/the-uncommon-man-aaron-copland