Aaron Copland

američki skladatelj i dirigent

Aaron Copland (New York, 14. studenog 1900. - Westchester, 2. prosinca 1990.) je bio američki skladatelj i dirigent.

Aaron Copland
modernizam
Biografske informacije
RođenjeAaron Caplan
14. studenog 1900.
New York, SAD
Smrt14. listopada 1990.
New York, SAD
Opus
SuradniciLeonard Bernstein
Znamenita djela
Nagrade

Svojim skladbama i teorijskim tekstovima forsirao je učenike N. Boulangera da razvijaju vlastitu samostalnu i modernu američku glazbu to spajajući elemente klasične europske glazbe s elemetima jazza i američkog folklora.

Za svoj balet "Appalachian Spring" dobio je 1945. godine Pulitzerovu nagradu.

Odabrana djela

uredi
  • Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse (1920)
  • Four Motets (1922)
  • Passacaglia (glasovir solo) (1922)
  • Symphony for Organ and Orchestra (1924)
  • Music for the Theater (1925)
  • Dance Symphony (1925)
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1926)
  • Symphonic Ode (1927-1929)
  • Piano Variations (1930)
  • Grohg (1925/32) (balet)
  • Short Symphony (1931-33)
  • Statements for orchestra (1932-35) (druga simfonija)
  • The Second Hurricane, play-opera za srednjoškolski orkestar (1936)
  • El Salón México (1936)
  • Billy the Kid (1938) (balet)
  • Quiet City (1940)
  • Our Town (1940) (film)
  • Piano Sonata (1939-41)
  • An Outdoor Overture (1941), pisana za američke srednjoškolske orkestre
  • Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)
  • Lincoln Portrait (1942)
  • Rodeo (1942) (balet)
  • Danzon Cubano (1942)
  • Music for the Movies (1942)
  • Sonata for violin and piano (1943)
  • Appalachian Spring (1944) (balet)
  • Symphony No. 3 (1944-1946) (treća simfonija)
  • In the Beginning (1947)
  • The Red Pony (1948)
  • Clarinet Concerto ("opunomoćen" sa strane Benny Goodmana) (1947-1948)
  • Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (1950)
  • Piano Quartet (1950)
  • Old American Songs (1952)
  • The Tender Land (1954) (opera)
  • Canticle of Freedom (1955)
  • Orchestral Variations (1957) (orkestracija varijacija za glasovir)
  • Piano Fantasy (1957)
  • Dance Panels (1959; nadopunjeno 1962) (balet)
  • Connotations For Orchestra (1962)
  • Down A Country Lane (1962)
  • Music for a Great City (1964) (bazirano na glazbi iz filma Something Wild (film iz 1961. godine )
  • Emblems, za puhači orkestar (1964)
  • Inscape (1967)
  • Duo for flute and piano (1971)
  • Three Latin American Sketches (1972)