Aaron Copland was an American composer born in Brooklyn, New York in 1900 to Russian-Jewish immigrants. He studied music from a young age and furthered his studies in Paris under the renowned teacher Nadia Boulanger. Boulanger encouraged Copland's interest in Stravinsky and he became dedicated to promoting American music, forming a composers' alliance focused on serving the people. Two of Copland's most famous works are the patriotic Fanfare for the Common Man and the ballet Appalachian Spring, originally choreographed by Martha Graham.

1. 2 AARON COPLAND
1900-1990

2. BIOGRAPHY
 Aaron Copland was an American from Brooklyn, New York.
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 Son of Russian-Jewish immigrants
 Studied music all of his life and studied in Paris when he was
20

3. NADIA BOULANGER
 Whilst in Paris, Copland studied under a remarkable musician
named Nadia Boulanger.
 http://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2012/01/french -composerss-names-nadia-and-lili-boulanger/
 Boulanger was a master-teacher/mentor for many dif ferent
composers.
 “…she gave up composition herself in deference to the talent
of her sister Lili, also a composer, when Lili died tragically at
the age of twenty -four (Kerman, 357).”
 Boulanger encouraged Copland’s interest in Stravinsky…

4. NATIONALISM
 Similar to Bartok’s interest in finding and promoting
Hungarian folk music, Copland tirelessly promoted American
music.
 He unified American composers and formed a “Composer’s
Alliance” that insisted that art should “serve the people.”
 Copland wrote patriotic music such as A Lincoln Por trait and
Fanfare for the Common Man

5. LATER IN LIFE
 Headed up the composition
faculty at an important
summer school at
Tanglewood, Massachusetts
which worked with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra.
 Whilst teaching his output as
a composer decreased.
 Among his students were
Leonard Bernstein.
 He is remembered as “devoid
of the egoism of so many
artists.”

6. HIS MUSIC
 You should name a recognize Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the
Common Man

7. APPALACHIAN SPRING (1945)
 Choreographed by Martha Gragam, an American
choreographer
 The ballet depicts, “a pioneer celebration in spring around a
newly built farmhouse in the Pennsylvania hills in the early
part of the last century.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmgaKGSxQVw

8. SPRINGS?
Appalachian Spring
 Similarities
Rite of Spring
 Differences