Just imagine for a minute you are at the Lincoln Centre's opening night back in 1962. You're there with the great and the good. You've paid the $200 ticket price and you're dressed up...
Hello I'm Kevin Lindegaard and I'm a huge fan of the music of Aaron Copland. I hope my blog will help spread the legacy of this colossus of 20th Century Music. I'm no musician myself but I have ears and I will try to communicate what moves me about Copland's music.
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I was well aware that I had become typecast as a purveyor of Americana in music. I knew this was not the whole story, or even the best of the story."
It's only a bit over q year until #AaronCopland's 125th birthday! Find out about #Copland125 - a future facing, year long, grass roots music festival aimed at children, young artists & aspiring composers. Find out more: https://aaron-copland.com/copland-125-a-year-long-music-festival-in-bristol/
Seeing a fully staged performance of The Tender Land has been on my bucket list for 30 years! It's now well and truly ticked off! Read my review of my recent trip to @TeatroRegio to see Copland's great opera get the love & respect it desrves! #AaronCopland https://aaron-copland.com/the-tender-land-at-piccolo-regio-puccini-torino-review/
Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific.
- Aaron Copland
Billy the Kid – Listening Guide
Rodeo – Listening Map
Music From Copland House: Sonic Images | CUNY TV Special
