Essay - Aaron Copland Outline I. Introduction A. the Purpose of This...

AARON COPLAND OUTLINE

*****. INTRODUCTION a. The purpose of this p*****per is to introduce and discuss the life and works of composer

Aaron Copeland. It will ***** some of the composer's well-known works, and analyze his contribution to modern classical music.

*****. BODY OF PAPER

***** LIFE

***** MUSIC

***** CONTRIBUTION

*****. CONCLUSION

Works Cited

***** COPLAND

INTRODUCTION

The ***** of t***** paper is to introduce and d*****cuss the life and works of composer Aaron Copeland. It ***** discuss some of the composer's ***** compositions, and analyze his contribution to modern classical music.

COPLAND'S LIFE

Aaron Copland was born in New York City on November 14, 1900, ***** s***** of Jewish Russian immigrants. His childhood was typical. He worked ***** ***** father's department store on Saturday's, and attended public schools in Brooklyn. From a very e*****rly age, Copland enjoyed making up songs, and he knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to compose music.

***** learned to play piano from his sister, and took a correspondence course to learn about harmony. He first played t***** piano publicly at a performance in Wanamaker's Department Store in Manhattan.

In 1921, he visited Paris to attend a new music school for Americans. He studied there three years under Nadia Boulanger, and then returned to New York ***** his first commission. He titled it "Symphony for Organ ***** Orchestra," and it premiered in at Carnegie Hall in 1925 (Chew). Many critics have said th***** *****is time Copl***** spent in Paris helped mold and shape his work ***** the rest of his *****. He met many famous artists, composers, and intellectuals, who helped form his outlook on life, as well as ***** music.

He spent ***** next two ***** in ***** York, then "Copland received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the ***** to be awarded to a composer, and he ***** to France for another stay. With this move the pattern ***** his life became established -- residence in or near New York ***** *****terspersed with frequent sojourns in Europe, Mexico, Hollywood, South America, and the Far E*****t" (Hansen 307).

***** ***** life, he was known as a liberal th*****ker, ***** ***** even called before a secret Senate hearing during the scare of the McCarthy Hearings.

***** the 30s, ***** taught, wrote, and tried to find ways to bring his ***** to more people. ***** first major work during this period was "The Sec*****d Hurricane," which he created for children, and children ***** t*****ir families in a New York housing development were the first to he*****r it per*****med.

***** his long career he not only composed, wrote, and *****, he also helped found several inst*****utions and festivals, including ***** American Composers Alliance. He taught at the acclaimed Tanglewood Festival for nearly 25 years, and worked with the Berkshire Music Center. He believed in support*****g young musicians, and there is still a school *****t Queens College that bears h***** name.

Copl***** finally stopped writing music in the 1970s. ***** continued to lecture, write, and conduct his