- Title
- Down a Country Lane
- For
- piano
- Year Composed
- 1962
- ARCO Number(s)
- 82
- Category
- Piano Solo
- Duration
- 3'
- Commission Info
- Life Magazine
- Publisher
- Boosey & Hawkes
- Publishing Status
- Published
- Versions
- Down a Country Lane (arr. chamber orchestra) (1964) (Orchestration)
- Arrangements
- Down A Country Lane (for band) (arr. Merlin Patterson)
Buying Options
Boosey & HawkesExternal Links
Program Note
Copland enjoyed the challenge of composing for young performers. Life Magazine commissioned a piano piece and featured it in a 1962 issue of the magazine with photographs and a homespun article that explained, "Copland's Down a Country Lane fills a musical gap: It is among the few modern pieces specially written for young piano students by a major composer." Copland was quoted: "Even third-year students will have to practice before trying it in public."
- Author
- Vivian Perlis
- Year
- 1998
