Copland, Aaron 1900-1990

Overview

Works:	4,419 works in 11,551 publications in 8 languages and 136,365 library holdings
Genres:	Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography Records and correspondence Musical settings Drama Film adaptations Exhibition catalogs Music Concertos Hymns
Roles:	Conductor, Composer, Performer, Instrumentalist, Interviewee, Narrator, Arranger, Speaker, Dedicatee, Bibliographic antecedent, Author of introduction, Dedicator, Creator, Interviewer, Compiler, Producer, Other, Commentator, Contributor
Classifications:	ML410.C756, B

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Aaron Copland

Publications by Aaron Copland

Publications by Aaron Copland, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Aaron Copland

Music for the common man Aaron Copland during the depression and war by Elizabeth Bergman Crist ( )
Copland by Aaron Copland ( Book )
Aaron Copland : the life and work of an uncommon man by Howard Pollack ( Book )
The selected correspondence of Aaron Copland by Aaron Copland ( )
Aaron Copland by Arthur Berger ( Book )

Copland by Aaron Copland ( Book )
The music of Aaron Copland by Neil Butterworth ( Book )
Aaron Copland by Mike Venezia ( Book )
Aaron Copland, his life and times by Arnold Dobrin ( Book )
Aaron Copland and his world ( Book )
Aaron Copland, his work and contribution to American music by Julia Smith ( Book )
Aaron Copland's America : a cultural perspective by Gail Levin ( Book )
Aaron Copland : a bio-bibliography by JoAnn Skowronski ( Book )
Reverberations : interviews with the world's leading musicians by Robert Jacobson ( Book )
Aaron Copland : a reader : selected writings 1923-1972 by Aaron Copland ( Book )
Copland and the American sound by David Kennard ( Visual )
Aaron Copland : a guide to research by Marta Robertson ( Book )
Aaron Copland 81st birthday concert at the Library of Congress by Aaron Copland ( Recording )
The American Stravinsky : the style and aesthetics of Copland's new American music, the early works, 1921-1938 by Gayle Minetta Murchison ( Book )
Copland connotations : studies and interviews ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Aaron Copland

What to listen for in music by Aaron Copland ( Book )
83 editions published between 1939 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 4,516 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Explains how to listen from the composers point of view

Billy the Kid : ballet suite by Aaron Copland ( )
177 editions published between 1920 and 2007 in 6 languages and held by 3,094 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A pioneer celebration in spring around a newly-built farmhouse in the Pennsylvania hills in the early part of the last century. The bride-to-be and the young farmer-husband enact the emotions, joyful and apprehensive, their new domestic partnership invites. An older neighbor suggests now and then the rocky confidence of experience. A revivalist and his followers remind the new householders of the strange and terrible aspects of human fate. At the end, the couple are left quiet and strong in their new house."--Summarized by Edwin Denby (Copland's librettist for the 1937 high school opera The Second Hurricane) and as reported of the New York premiere in the Herald Tribune of May 15, 1945

Copland on music by Aaron Copland ( Book )
44 editions published between 1960 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,143 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Music and imagination by Aaron Copland ( Book )
84 editions published between 1952 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Describes the all important role of the imagination in the composition, performance, appreciation and intelligent comprehension of music and surveys its influence on contemporary music

Old American songs, newly arranged by Aaron Copland ( )
121 editions published between 1950 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,989 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Copland conducts Copland by Aaron Copland ( Recording )
48 editions published between 1969 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 1,710 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The new music, 1900-1960 by Aaron Copland ( Book )
21 editions published between 1968 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,638 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The composer provides and introduction to the formative musical ideas of our century, and a survey of recent and current trends

El Salón México : popular type dance hall in Mexico City by Aaron Copland ( )
112 editions published between 1930 and 2000 in 5 languages and held by 1,417 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Christopher and his kind, 1929-1939 by Christopher Isherwood ( Book )
1 edition published in 1976 in English and held by 1,166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Symphony for organ and orchestra by Aaron Copland ( )
70 editions published between 1928 and 1996 in 5 languages and held by 1,143 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Appalachian spring by Aaron Copland ( Recording )
148 editions published between 1950 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 1,132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Appalachian Spring: Ballet by Martha Graham / Music for The Theatre: Suite for small orchestra / Three Latin American Sketches for orchestra / Quiet City: Concert piece for English horn, trumpet and strings

The tender land : opera in 3 acts by Aaron Copland ( )
65 editions published between 1939 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,105 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra, with harp and piano by Aaron Copland ( )
85 editions published between 1948 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 1,070 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
B flat clarinet part

Quiet city : for strings, trumpet and English horn (or oboe) by Aaron Copland ( )
89 editions published between 1939 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 996 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twelve poems of Emily Dickinson : voice and piano by Aaron Copland ( )
62 editions published between 1949 and 2001 in 4 languages and held by 973 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Our new music; leading composers in Europe and America by Aaron Copland ( Book )
14 editions published between 1941 and 1948 in English and Undetermined and held by 964 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Concerto for piano and orchestra by Aaron Copland ( )
62 editions published between 1929 and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 951 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The tender land by Aaron Copland ( Recording )
49 editions published between 1960 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 920 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Die Handlung der Oper spielt in den Dreissigerjahren auf einer Farm in einem ländlichen Gebiet der USA. Laurie feiert den Abschluss ihrer Schulzeit und verliebt sich in den Herumtreiber Martin. Doch während Martin für Laurie Freiheit und Abenteuer repräsentiert, bedeutet Laurie für Martin Sesshaftigkeit und Sicherheit. Beide verlassen am Schluss die Farm getrennt

Third symphony by Aaron Copland ( )
32 editions published between 1941 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 901 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Of mice and men by John Steinbeck ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in English and held by 875 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tells the story of two migrant workers trying to realize their dreams of owning a ranch until one of them succumbs to his weakness for soft, helpless creatures and strangles the farmer's wife

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