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Aaron Copland conducting at a recording session, England (Photo: Victor Kraft)
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  • About
    • The Man Behind The Music
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    • Postlude
  • Works
    • After Antwerp
    • Las Agachadas
    • Alone
    • Alone (arr. voice and orchestra)
    • Alone (arr. voice and piano)
    • Appalachian Spring (ballet in one act for full orchestra)
    • Appalachian Spring (ballet in one act for thirteen instruments)
    • Appalachian Spring (disambiguation)
    • Appalachian Spring (suite for full orchestra)
    • Appalachian Spring (suite for thirteen instruments)
    • As It Fell Upon a Day
    • Banu
    • Billy the Kid (arr. two pianos)
    • Billy The Kid (ballet)
    • Billy The Kid (suite)
    • Canticle of Freedom
    • Canticle of Freedom (choral finale)
    • Capriccio
    • The Cat and the Mouse
    • CBS Playhouse (signature theme)
    • Ceremonial Fanfare
    • Une Chanson
    • Ching-a-Ring Chaw (arr. TTBB chorus)
    • Ching-a-Ring Chaw (arr. unison voices)
    • The City
    • Clarinet Concerto
    • Connotations
    • Cortège Macabre
    • The Cummington Story
    • Dance of the Adolescent
    • Dance Panels
    • Dance Panels (arr. solo piano)
    • Dance Symphony
    • Danza de Jalisco (arr. solo piano)
    • Danza de Jalisco (arr. two pianos)
    • Danzón Cubano
    • Danzón Cubano (arr. orchestra)
    • Dirge in Woods
    • Down a Country Lane
    • Down a Country Lane (arr. chamber orchestra)
    • Duo for Flute and Piano
    • Duo for Violin and Piano
    • Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson
    • Elegies
    • Emblems
    • Episode
    • Fanfare for the Common Man
    • First Symphony
    • The Five Kings (after Shakespeare)
    • Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
    • Four Early Songs
    • Four Motets
    • Four Piano Blues
    • Four Piano Blues (arr. chamber orchestra)
    • From Sorcery to Science
    • Grohg
    • Grohg (disambiguation)
    • Happy Anniversary
    • Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
    • Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (arr. small orchestra)
    • Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (suite)
    • The Heiress
    • Hoe-Down (arr. string orchestra)
    • Hoe-Down (arr. violin and piano)
    • Hommage à Fauré
    • The House on the Hill
    • An Immorality
    • In Evening Air
    • In the Beginning
    • Inaugural Fanfare
    • Inscape
    • Into the Streets May First
    • Jazz Song
    • John Henry
    • John Henry (arr. full orchestra)
    • Jubilee Variation
    • Lament
    • Larghetto Pomposo
    • Lark
    • Laurie's Song
    • Letter from Home
    • Letter from Home (arr. orchestra)
    • Letter from Home (arr. reduced orchestra)
    • Lincoln Portrait
    • Melancholy
    • Midday Thoughts
    • Midsummer Nocturne
    • Miracle at Verdun
    • Moment Musicale
    • Movement
    • Music for a Great City
    • Music for Movies
    • Music for the Theatre
    • Music I Heard
    • My Heart is in the East
    • Night
    • Night Thoughts (Homage to Ives)
    • No Village Like Mine
    • Nocturne
    • Nocturne (arr. clarinet and piano)
    • Nonet
    • The North Star
    • Of Mice And Men
    • Old American Songs, Set I
    • Old American Songs, Set I (arr. voice and orchestra)
    • Old American Songs, Set II
    • Old American Songs, Set II (arr. voice and orchestra)
    • Old Poem
    • Orchestral Variations
    • Our Town
    • Our Town (suite)
    • Our Town (Three Piano Excerpts from the Film Score)
    • An Outdoor Overture
    • An Outdoor Overture (arr. symphonic band)
    • Passacaglia
    • Pastorale
    • Petit Portrait
    • Piano Concerto
    • Piano Fantasy
    • Piano Quartet
    • Piano Sonata
    • Piano Variations
    • Poème
    • Poet's Song
    • Prairie Journal (Music for Radio: Saga of the Prairie)
    • Prairie Night and Celebration
    • Preamble for a Solemn Occasion
    • Preamble for a Solemn Occassion (arr. band)
    • Prelude
    • Prelude (arr. piano trio)
    • Prelude No. 1
    • Prelude No. 2
    • Proclamation
    • The Promise of Living (arr. SATBB and piano)
    • The Promise of Living
    • Quiet City
    • The Quiet City (incidental music)
    • Reconnaissance
    • The Red Pony (suite, arr. band)
    • The Red Pony (suite)
    • The Red Pony
    • Rodeo (arr. solo piano)
    • Rodeo (ballet)
    • El Salón México
    • Schumanniana
    • The Second Hurricane
    • Sentimental Melody
    • Sextet
    • Short Symphony (Symphony No. 2)
    • Signature
    • Simone
    • Something Wild
    • Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
    • Sonata for Piano
    • Sonata for Violin and Piano
    • Sonata Movement on a Theme by Paul Vidal
    • Song of the Guerrillas
    • Song of the Guerrillas (arr. chorus and piano)
    • Sonnet I
    • Sonnet II
    • Sonnet III
    • Spurned Love
    • Statements
    • Stomp Your Foot
    • Stomp Your Foot (arr. SATB and piano)
    • Stomp Your Foot (arr. TTBB and piano)
    • Story of Our Town
    • A Summer Vacation
    • Sunday Afternoon Music
    • Symphonic Ode
    • Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
    • The Tender Land
    • The Tender Land (suite)
    • Third Symphony
    • Three Latin American Sketches
    • Three Moods
    • Three songs to texts by Aaron Schaffer
    • Threnody I
    • Threnody II
    • Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
    • Two Ballads
    • Two Choruses
    • Two Mexican Pieces
    • Two Piano Pieces
    • Two Pieces (disambiguation)
    • Two Pieces for String Orchestra
    • Two Pieces for String Quartet
    • Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
    • Ukelele Serenade
    • Variations on a Shaker Melody (from Appalachian Spring)
    • Variations on a Shaker Melody (from Appalachian Spring, arr. band)
    • Vitebsk
    • Vocalise
    • Vocalise (arr. flute and piano)
    • Vocalise (arr. oboe and piano)
    • Waltz (from Billy the Kid)
    • Waltz and Celebration (arr. cello and piano)
    • Waltz and Celebration (arr. violin and piano)
    • Waltz Caprice
    • What Do We Plant?
    • The World of Nick Adams
    • The Young Pioneers
    • Younger Generation
  • Arrangements
    • Appalachian Spring Suite (for solo piano)
    • Appalachian Spring Suite (for violin and piano)
    • At the River (for SA chorus and piano)
    • At the River (for SATB chorus and piano)
    • At the River (for SSA chorus and piano)
    • At the River (for TTBB chorus and piano)
    • Billy the Kid (for solo piano)
    • The Boatmen's Dance (for baritone, SATB chorus, and piano)
    • The Boatmen's Dance (for baritone, TTBB chorus, and piano)
    • Bride's Solo
    • Buckaroo Holiday (for band)
    • Canticle of Freedom (for band)
    • Ching-a-Ring Chaw (for SATB chorus and piano)
    • Ching-a-Ring Chaw (for SSAA chorus and piano)
    • Ching-a-Ring Chaw (for woodwind quintet)
    • Choral Variations on Simple Gifts
    • Danzon Cubano (for band)
    • Danzon Cubano (for solo piano)
    • The Dodger (for SATB chorus and piano)
    • The Dodger (for baritone, TTBB chorus, and piano)
    • Down A Country Lane (for band)
    • Duo (for flute and chamber orchestra)
    • Emblems (for orchestra)
    • Excerpts from Appalachian Spring
    • Fanfare for the Common Man (for concert band)
    • Fanfare for the Common Man (for piano four-hands)
    • Fanfare for the Common Man (for solo piano)
    • Fanfare for the Common Man (for youth orchestra)
    • Four Piano Blues (for saxophone quartet)
    • The Golden Willow Tree (for SATB chorus and piano)
    • Grover's Corners (for saxophone choir)
    • Grover's Corners (for string orchestra)
    • The Heiress (suite)
    • Hoe Down (for band, arr. Hilliard)
    • Hoe Down (for band, arr. Moss)
    • Hoe Down (for band, arr. Rogers)
    • Hoe Down and Saturday Night Waltz
    • Hoe-Down (for piano four-hands)
    • Hoe-Down (for trombone and piano)
    • I Bought Me a Cat (for SATB chorus and piano)
    • I Bought Me a Cat (for SSA chorus and piano)
    • I Bought Me a Cat (for TBB chorus and piano)
    • I Bought Me a Cat (for woodwind quintet)
    • Letter From Home (for band)
    • Lincoln Portrait (for band)
    • The Little Horses (for SATB chorus and piano)
    • Long Time Ago (for SATB chorus and piano)
    • Long Time Ago (for SSA chorus and piano)
    • Midday Thoughts (for chamber ensemble)
    • New England Countryside (for saxophone choir)
    • New England Countryside (for wind quintet)
    • Old American Songs (choral suite for SA chorus)
    • Old American Songs (choral suite for SAB chorus)
    • Old American Songs (choral suite II for SA chorus)
    • Old American Songs (choral suite II for SAB chorus)
    • Old American Songs (for concert band)
    • Old American Songs (for string orchestra)
    • Old American Songs, Set I (for band and chorus)
    • Old American Songs, Set II (for band and chorus)
    • Our Town (for saxophone choir)
    • Passacaglia (for organ)
    • Piano Concerto (for two pianos)
    • Prairie Night and Celebration (for string orchestra)
    • Preamble for a Solemn Occasion (for organ)
    • Proclamation (for orchestra)
    • The Promise of Living (for SATBB and band)
    • Quiet City (for chamber ensemble)
    • Quiet City (for cor anglais, trumpet, and piano)
    • Quiet City (for wind ensemble)
    • Rodeo (for reduced orchestra)
    • El Salón México (for concert band)
    • El Salón México (for solo piano, arr. Bernstein)
    • El Salón México (for two pianos)
    • Saturday Night Waltz (for piano four-hands)
    • Scenes from Billy the Kid
    • Short Symphony (for chamber orchestra)
    • Simple Gifts (for SA or TB chorus and piano)
    • Simple Gifts (for SATB chorus and piano)
    • Simple Gifts (for saxophone quartet)
    • Sonata for Violin and Orchestra
    • Stomp Your Foot (for SATB and band)
    • Sunday Traffic (for brass quintet)
    • The Tender Land (suite for thirteen instruments)
    • The Tender Land (for thirteen instruments)
    • The Little Horses (for SA chorus and piano)
    • The Little Horses (for SSA chorus and piano)
    • The Little Horses (for TTBB chorus and piano)
    • The Promise of Living (for band, arr. Curnow)
    • The Promise of Living (for band, arr. Singleton)
    • The Promise of Living (for brass quintet)
    • The Promise of Living (for marching band)
    • Themes from An Outdoor Overture
    • Three Excerpts from "Our Town" (for saxophone quartet)
    • Three Excerpts from "Our Town" and Simple Gifts
    • Variations On A Shaker Melody (for piano four-hands)
    • Waltz and Celebration (for concert band)
    • Younger Generation (for SA chorus and piano)
    • Younger Generation (for SAB chorus and piano)
    • Younger Generation (for SATB chorus and piano)
    • Younger Generation (for SSA chorus and piano)
    • Zion's Walls (for SATB and piano)
    • Zion's Walls (for woodwind quintet)
  • Collections
    • Aaron Copland - Piano Album
    • Aaron Copland - Song Album
    • Aaron Copland Art Songs and Arias (high voice)
    • Aaron Copland Art Songs and Arias (medium/low voice)
    • Aaron Copland Ballet Music for Piano
    • Aaron Copland Transcriptions for Solo Piano
    • Ceremonial Music
    • Copland Ballet Music
    • Copland for Alto Saxophone
    • Copland for Bass
    • Copland for Bassoon/Trombone/Baritone B.C.
    • Copland for Cello
    • Copland For Clarinet
    • Copland for Flute
    • Copland for Horn
    • Copland for Oboe
    • Copland for Trumpet, Tenor Sax, Baritone T.C.
    • Copland for Tuba
    • Copland for Viola
    • Copland for Violin
    • Copland Orchestral Anthology, Volume 1
    • Copland Orchestral Anthology, Volume 2
    • Old American Songs Complete (high voice)
    • Old American Songs Complete (low voice)
    • Old American Songs Complete (original key)
    • Old American Songs Complete (SATB)
    • The Copland Piano Collection: 13 Piano Pieces
    • The Copland Violin Collection: 13 Pieces for Violin & Piano
  • News
    • Midday Thoughts: A Hundred Years Later
    • Midday Thoughts: Copland’s Networks in the Early War Years
    • Midday Thoughts: The Changing Reputation of Copland’s Piano Concerto
    • Midday Thoughts: Copland & the Carters
    • Midday Thoughts: A Listening Guide to Copland's Piano Concerto
    • Midday Thoughts: Is Copland's Piano Concerto a Jazz Concerto?
    • Midday Thoughts: 75 Years of The Red Pony
    • Midday Thoughts: Editing Copland, Part 2
    • Midday Thoughts: Editing Copland, Part 1
    • Midday Thoughts: Shulamit Ran, Aaron Copland, and Reflections on the Life of a Composer 
    • David Del Tredici, 1937-2023
    • Midday Thoughts: Lingering and Emerging Questions about Copland's Prelude for Piano Trio
    • Midday Thoughts: Summer Break
    • Midday Thoughts: Copland Piano Trio Sees First Publication
    • Midday Thoughts: Copland's Support for American Composition
    • Midday Thoughts: What Makes Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man Uncommon?
    • Midday Thoughts: Copland on Being American, Part 2
    • Midday Thoughts: Copland on Being American, Part 1
    • Midday Thoughts: Music and Imagination: Copland and His Audiences
    • Midday Thoughts: Copland, the Piano, and the Kapells
    • Midday Thoughts: Returning Next Month
    • Midday Thoughts: Which Appalachian Spring? An Audiophile’s Guide
    • Midday Thoughts: The Many Versions of Appalachian Spring
    • Midday Thoughts: Copland Research at the Library of Congress
    • Midday Thoughts: In the Beginning: Time, Form, and Words
    • Announcing Midday Thoughts
    • Midday Thoughts: Crossover Copland
    • Midday Thoughts: Nonet
    • New Appalachian Spring Edition Wins Musicology Award
    • Album Roundup 2020
    • New Album: Caprices and Laments
    • New MUSA Edition: Appalachian Spring
    • Copland's Third in New Baltimore Symphony Podcast
    • Sally Bick's Unsettled Scores Available Now
    • Copland at Home
    • New Recording from San Francisco Symphony
    • New Book Explores Copland and Mahler
    • Christopher Rouse, 1949-2019
    • Appalachian Spring at 75: Then and Now
    • Three Latin American Sketches and Remembering Vivian Perlis
    • Vivian Perlis, 1928-2019
    • Carlos Miguel Prieto Releases New Copland Recording
    • New Edition of Billy the Kid One Step Closer to Completion
    • BMC’s “Festival within a Festival” to honor Aaron Copland
    • CBS Almanac: Aaron Copland
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    • Copland 125 Anniversary Concert
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    • ONE NIGHT ONLY: A Devotion to the American Armed Forces
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    • Concert: Oberlin Chamber Orchestra
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    • Coleman + Copland
    • Pirouetten und Pliés
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    • From Brooklyn to Verona
    • Santtu conducts Bernstein, Copland and Gershwin
    • The Knights at Carnegie Hall with Anthony McGill
    • Spring Mix: Premieres
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    • Copland’s Appalachian Spring
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    • Hope – Copland & Gershwin
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