Aaron Copland

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Aaron Copland was a pioneering 20th-century American composer known for his distinctly American style in works like "Appalachian Spring," "Rodeo," and "Fanfare for the Common Man."

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Aaron Copland canonical 45
Copland 2
Aaron Copland is an American composer 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
conductor
human
music teacher
writer
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Pulitzer Prize
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for Music
causeOfDeath Alzheimer's disease
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1900-11-14
dateOfDeath 1990-12-02
describedBySource 20th-century American composer known for a distinctly American style
educatedAt American Conservatory at Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau Schools
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName Aaron Copland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Copland
fieldOfWork ballet
film music
music composition
fullName Aaron Copland self-link
genre ballet music
chamber music
choral music
classical music
film score
orchestral music
givenName Aaron
influenced Elliott Carter
Leonard Bernstein
Philip Glass
influencedBy Claude Debussy
Igor Stravinsky
Maurice Ravel
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Modernism
surface form: American modernism

neoclassicism in music
notableWork Appalachian Spring
Billy the Kid
Clarinet Concerto
Dance Symphony
El Salón México
Fanfare for the Common Man
Lincoln Portrait
Music for the Theatre
Piano Concerto
Piano Variations
Quiet City
Rodeo
The Heiress (film score)
Third Symphony
occupation composer
conductor
essayist
music teacher
placeOfBirth Brooklyn
New York
New York City
placeOfDeath Tarrytown, New York
surface form: North Tarrytown, New York

Sleepy Hollow, New York
religion Judaism
residence Town of Cortlandt
surface form: Cortlandt Manor, New York

New York City
Peekskill, New York
sexOrGender male
studiedUnder Nadia Boulanger

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Leonard Bernstein influencedBy Aaron Copland
Serge Koussevitzky notableStudent Aaron Copland
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this entity surface form: Copland
Igor Stravinsky influenced Aaron Copland
Rodeo (ballet) composer Aaron Copland
Rodeo (ballet) originalMusicBy Aaron Copland
Boys and Girls High School hasAlumnus Aaron Copland
Nadia Boulanger notableStudent Aaron Copland
He Got Game musicBy Aaron Copland
The North Star musicBy Aaron Copland
subject surface form: The North Star (1943 film)
Charles Strouse studiedUnder Aaron Copland
Boosey & Hawkes hasNotableComposer Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring composer Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man composer Aaron Copland
Billy the Kid composer Aaron Copland
Billy the Kid creator Aaron Copland
El Salón México composer Aaron Copland
Lincoln Portrait composer Aaron Copland
Third Symphony composer Aaron Copland
Quiet City composer Aaron Copland
Quiet City creatorOccupation Aaron Copland
this entity surface form: Aaron Copland is an American composer
Clarinet Concerto composer Aaron Copland
Piano Concerto composer Aaron Copland
Piano Variations composer Aaron Copland
Music for the Theatre composer Aaron Copland
Dance Symphony composer Aaron Copland
Dance Symphony creator Aaron Copland
Dance Symphony notableWorkOf Aaron Copland
The Heiress (film score) composer Aaron Copland
Rodeo composer Aaron Copland
Tempo relatedToProject Aaron Copland
this entity surface form: Copland
The Heiress musicBy Aaron Copland
Our Town composer Aaron Copland
Jerome Moross influencedBy Aaron Copland
Charles Ives influenced Aaron Copland
Elliot Goldenthal studiedUnder Aaron Copland
“Buckaroo Holiday” composer Aaron Copland
subject surface form: Buckaroo Holiday
“Corral Nocturne” composer Aaron Copland
subject surface form: Corral Nocturne
“Ranch House Party” composer Aaron Copland
subject surface form: Ranch House Party
“Saturday Night Waltz” composer Aaron Copland
subject surface form: Saturday Night Waltz
“Hoe-Down” composer Aaron Copland
subject surface form: Hoe-Down
“Hoe-Down” orchestratedBy Aaron Copland
subject surface form: Hoe-Down