Aaron Copland

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composer conductor human music teacher writer

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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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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rodeo (ballet) → composer → Aaron Copland ⓘ
Aaron Copland → familyName → Aaron Copland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Copland
Aaron Copland → fullName → Aaron Copland self-link ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky → influenced → Aaron Copland ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein → influencedBy → Aaron Copland ⓘ
Serge Koussevitzky → notableStudent → Aaron Copland ⓘ
Rodeo (ballet) → originalMusicBy → Aaron Copland ⓘ