Dirickson Ellie Hikima Kent Hikima Jennifer Lee William Liu Abigail Nho Aaron Copland Quick Facts Born November 14 1900 Died December 2 1990 was a renown composer writer and conductor ID: 686046
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Aaron Copland
By: Alexis Choi, Rina
Dirickson, Ellie Hikima, Kent Hikima, Jennifer Lee, William Liu, Abigail NhoSlide2
Aaron Copland Quick Facts
Born: November 14, 1900
Died: December 2, 1990was a renown composer, writer, and conductorCopland was referred to by his peers and critics as "the Dean of American Composers."Slide3Slide4
Did You Know...
had 4 siblings
kept his private life to himself, and lived on and off with the photographer Victor Kraft in the 1930s.was the first American composer to serve as Harvard's Norton Professor of Poetics in 195 1-52. He was gaydecided to be a composer at age 15age 12: learned to play the piano from his sisterwas an Oscar-winning writer of film scoreswon Pulitzer Prize and 6 others awardsSlide5
Compositions
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Appalachian SpringInscape (Copland)Quiet CityMidsummer NocturneLincoln PortraitAn Outdoor OvertureRodeoFanfare of the Common ManThe Tender LandBilly the KidSlide6
Childhood
Born: November 14, 1900; Brooklyn, New York
Youngest of five childrenStudied w/ Leopold Wolfsohn (4 years) and Rubin Goldmark Started composition at age 8Composed first notated music for an opera scenario at age 11Slide7
Middle Life
Was concerned about making music that would be seen as American
Wrote books as well as making compositionsComposed for films, such as "Of Mice and Men", "Our Town, The North Star, which he won Oscars for, he also composed for The Heiress and Something Wild1964: awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom Slide8
Aaron Copland spent his later life in New York area and engaging in cultural missions. His final
his last symphony in 1983. Aaron Copland died New York City on December 2, 1990, at the age of 90. He was remembered as a man who encouraged young composers to find their own voice, no matter the style, just as he had done for sixty years
.LATE LIFESlide9
Links to His Compositions
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Appalachian SpringInscapeAn Outdoor AdventureSlide10
QuotesSlide11