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Aaron Copland in 1962. This is a list of compositions by Aaron Copland (1900–1990) in chronological order of composition: 1920–1929. Old Poem for voice (1920)
Throughout his childhood, Copland and his family lived above his parents' Brooklyn shop, H. M. Copland's, at 628 Washington Avenue (which Aaron later called "a kind of neighborhood Macy's"), [7] [8] on the corner of Dean Street and Washington Avenue, [9] and most of the children helped out in the store. His father was a staunch Democrat.
Orchestral compositions by Aaron Copland (3 C, 9 P) P. Piano compositions by Aaron Copland (6 P) S. Song cycles by Aaron Copland (2 P)
Lincoln Portrait (also known as A Lincoln Portrait) is a 1942 classical orchestral work written by the American composer Aaron Copland.The work involves a full orchestra, with particular emphasis on the brass section at climactic moments.
Fanfare for the Common Man is a musical work by the American composer Aaron Copland.It was written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under conductor Eugene Goossens and was inspired in part by a speech made earlier that year by then American Vice President Henry A. Wallace, in which Wallace proclaimed the dawning of the "Century of the Common Man".
Appalachian Spring is an American ballet created by the choreographer Martha Graham and the composer Aaron Copland, later arranged as an orchestral work.Commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Copland composed the ballet music for Graham; the original choreography was by Graham, with costumes by Edythe Gilfond and sets by Isamu Noguchi.