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Aaron Copland (1900–1990)

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Aaron Copland is an Academy Award-winning composer ( The Heiress), author, conductor, lecturer and educator. He was educated at public schools and was a music student of his sister and later Leopold Wolfson, Victor Wittgenstein, Clarence Adler, Rubin Goldmark and Nadia Boulanger. In 1925, he received the first Guggenheim fellowship awarded to a composer... See full bio »

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in New York City, New York, USA

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(age 90) in North Tarrytown, New York, USA
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2012/II The Bay (writer: "Grover's Corner from 'Our Town'" / performer: "Grover's Corner from 'Our Town'")
 
2012 57th Annual Young Musicians Foundation Gala (TV special) (music: "Fanfare for the Common Man")
 
2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #19.211 (2011) (writer: "Fanfare for the Common Man" - uncredited)
 
2009 Hitchhiker Munchkins (short) (writer: "Rodeo - Hoe, Down")
 
2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV mini-series documentary)
– Great Nature: 1933-1945 (2009) (writer: "Saturday Night Waltz")
– Going Home: 1920-1933 (2009) (writer: "Music for the Theatre-Interlude")
 
2007 Asia: Fantasia - Live in Tokyo (video documentary) (writer: "Fanfare For The Common Man")
 
2006 How Music Works (TV series documentary)
– Melody (2006) (writer: "Appalachian Spring")
 
2006 The Ultimate Gift (arranger: "Simple Gifts")
 
2006 The Simpsons (TV series)
– The Seemingly Never-Ending Story (2006) (music: "Hoe-Down" - uncredited)
 
2001 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
– Prog Rock (2001) (writer: "Fanfare For The Common Man")
 
2000 Ready to Rumble (writer: "Fanfare For The Common Man")
 
1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous (writer: "Fanfare For The Common Man" / performer: "Fanfare For The Common Man")
 
1998 Saving Private Ryan (writer: "Fanfare for the Common Man" 1942 - uncredited)
 
1998 He Got Game (writer: "John Henry", "Appalachian Springs", "Hoe-Down", "Down a Country Lane", "Grandfather's Story", "Interlude", "Our Town", "New England Countryside", "Dream March and Circus Music", "Letter from Home", "Orchestral Variations", "Fanfare for the Common Man", "Pas de Trois", "Lincoln Portrait", "Billy the Kid" / performer: "John Henry", "Appalachian Springs", "Hoe-Down", "Down a Country Lane", "Grandfather's Story", "Our Town", "New England Countryside", "Dream March and Circus Music", "Letter from Home", "Orchestral Variations", "Fanfare for the Common Man", "Pas de Trois", "Lincoln Portrait", "Billy the Kid")
 
1996 The Sunchaser (writer: "Appalachian Spring")
 
1991 Shout (writer: "Appalachian Spring" / performer: "Appalachian Spring")
 
1986 The Adventures of Milo and Otis ("Apalachian Spring")
 
1980 Raging Bull (music: "Of Mice and Men")
 
1980 Great Railway Journeys of the World (TV series documentary)
– Coast to Coast (1980) (music: "Appalachian Spring" - uncredited)
 
1976 Bernstein in London (TV documentary) (music: "A Lincoln Portrait")
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary) (music: "Dogmatic Statements")
 
1963 Young People's Concerts: The Latin American Spirit (TV special) (music: "Danzón Cubano" / as Copland)
 
1961 Young People's Concerts: Aaron Copland Birthday Party (TV movie) (music: "An Outdoor Overture", "Statements: Dogmatic", "Dance", "Theme", "Hoe Down", "El Salon Mexico" / arranger: "Two Old American Songs")
 
1960 Rhythm (TV movie) (music: "El Salon Mexico")
 
1958 Appalachian Spring (TV movie) (music: "Appalachian Spring" complete ballet, in its original chamber music orchestration)
 
1952-1953 Omnibus (TV series)
– Billy the Kid (1953) (music: "Billy the Kid" ballet)
– The Trial of Mr. Pickwick/Rodeo (1952) (music: "Rodeo" ballet)
 
1952 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– Abraham Lincoln (1952) (music: "A Lincoln Portrait" fragment - uncredited)
 
1947 Fiesta (music: "Fantasia Mexicana")
 
1943 The North Star (music: "Song of the Fatherland" - uncredited, "Chari Vari Rastabari" - uncredited, "The Younger Generation" - uncredited, "No Village Like Mine" - uncredited, "Song of the Guerrillas" - uncredited)
 
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1981 Crimen a fondo
 
1961 Something Wild
 
1960 Young People's Concerts: The Second Hurricane (TV movie)
 
1958 Appalachian Spring (TV movie)
 
1957 The Seven Lively Arts (TV series)
– The World of Nick Adams (1957)
 
1952 Omnibus (TV series)
– The Trial of Mr. Pickwick/Rodeo (1952) (ballet "Rodeo")
 
1949 The Heiress
 
1949 The Red Pony
 
1945 The Cummington Story (documentary short)
 
1943 The North Star
 
1940 Our Town
 
1939 Of Mice and Men
 
1939/I The City (documentary short)
 
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1979 The Tender Land (TV movie) (conductor)
 
1961 Something Wild (conductor)
 
1952 Woman in the Dark (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 A Place in the Sun (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
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1983 The Levin Interviews (TV series)
Himself
– Aaron Copland (1983) … Himself
 
1981 The 23rd Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1979 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
1964 Young People's Concerts: Jazz in the Concert Hall (TV movie)
Himself
 
1963 The World of Benny Goodman (TV movie)
Himself
 
1961 Young People's Concerts: Aaron Copland Birthday Party (TV movie)
Himself - Guest Conductor
 
1949 Tanglewood Music School and Music Festival (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2010 Paris: The Luminous Years (TV documentary)
Himself - Composer
 
2006 Live from Lincoln Center (TV series)
 
2001 Fanfare for America: The Composer Aaron Copland (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams (video documentary)
Himself
 
1987 The Music of Man (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Works: "Symphony for Organ and Orchestra" (the first concert in the USA sponsored by the League of Composers); "Dance Symphony"; "Passacaglia for Piano"; "Music for the Theatre"; "Piano Concerto"; "Vitebsk"; "Piano Variations"; "Statements... See more »

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Trivia:

Voiced support for the American Communist Party during his lifetime. See more »

Nickname:

The Dean of American composers See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio