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  • Midday Thoughts: Celebrating Copland

    This season marks the 125th anniversary of Copland's birth and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Amid the recent and upcoming festivities, Jennifer DeLapp-Birkett takes us through the history of …

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  • Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson (1958–70)

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    Copland orchestrated eight of the 12 poems by Emily Dickinson he had previously set. They were premiered on his 70th birthday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
    Alternates: Dickinson Songs, 8 Poems of Emily Dickinson

  • Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (1950)

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    Copland set Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson for voice and piano in 1950. Also known as Dickinson Songs, each song was dedicated to a different composer friend.
    Alternates: Dickinson Songs, 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson