THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSICESSENTIAL LISTENING

EDITION

by

Kristine ForneyAndrew Dell’Antonio

Joseph Machlis

THIRD EDITION

Lecture Slides

Chapter 50Sounds American: Copland and Musical

Nationalism in the United States

Copland and the AmericanOrchestral Soundscape

• Aaron Copland (1900–1990)• American composer• Paris, Nadia Boulanger• Jazz idioms• Neo-Classicism and twelve-

tone composition• Piano pieces, orchestral

works, ballets, film scores

Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, excerpts

• Copland’s Appalachian Spring (1945)

• Composed for ballet, performed as a suite

• Pioneer celebration in spring

• Quotes Shaker melody, Simple Gifts

Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, excerpts (Listening Guide)

• Section 1: – Very slow, tranquil– Solos in various woodwinds and trumpet

• Section 7:– Theme (Simple Gifts) and five variations– Calm and flowing duple meter– Variations: Individual instruments featured

Fanfare for the Common Man; Rodeo

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgj7_DmgDqs

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ajQYANLiug

Appalachian Spring

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmgaKGSxQVw

•  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91y-NEdTj-g

by

Kristine ForneyAndrew Dell’Antonio

Joseph Machlis

Lecture Slides

THIRD EDITION

THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSICESSENTIAL LISTENING EDITION

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