Aaron Copland
COPLAND 100
Minnesota Orchestra -- Eiji Oue
Reference Recordings
HDCD Recorded 2000
The Notes: "In 1942 Eugene Goossens and the Cincinnati Symphony commissioned and premiered eighteen new fanfares over the course of the symphony's 1942-43 season. "It is my idea," explained Goossens, "to make these fanfares stirring and significant contributions to the war effort." Copland's 'Fanfare for the Common Man' premiered on 12 March, 1943."
"The special qualities of Copland's 'Appalachian Spring(1944), one of the composer's most popular works, owed much to choreographer Martha Graham, for whom it was written." ... "there's something prim and restrained, simple yet strong, about her which ones tends to think of as American."
Fanfare for the Common Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3kH7-sUTs
Appalachian Spring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3luGMG3PoY
The music definitely has that 'American' sound to it. Optimistic, like, everything will be alright. We can do it.
Cheers
COPLAND 100
Minnesota Orchestra -- Eiji Oue
Reference Recordings
HDCD Recorded 2000
The Notes: "In 1942 Eugene Goossens and the Cincinnati Symphony commissioned and premiered eighteen new fanfares over the course of the symphony's 1942-43 season. "It is my idea," explained Goossens, "to make these fanfares stirring and significant contributions to the war effort." Copland's 'Fanfare for the Common Man' premiered on 12 March, 1943."
"The special qualities of Copland's 'Appalachian Spring(1944), one of the composer's most popular works, owed much to choreographer Martha Graham, for whom it was written." ... "there's something prim and restrained, simple yet strong, about her which ones tends to think of as American."
Fanfare for the Common Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3kH7-sUTs
Appalachian Spring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3luGMG3PoY
The music definitely has that 'American' sound to it. Optimistic, like, everything will be alright. We can do it.
Cheers