at exactly what’s going on musically in Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man
at exactly what’s going on musically in Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man
Trinity Le, CFK Intern Many of us are familiar with Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” No. 9 with its sweeping melodies inspired by the rolling, vast landscape of America. He wrote […]
Composer Catologue Subscribe to our Newsletter Parents Search Harry Burleigh: The Man
: four high schoolers prepping for college admission essays; an enslaved Muslim man
: four high schoolers prepping for college admission essays; an enslaved Muslim man
You’ve heard it before. Behave, or some monster’s going to get you! NEVER take candy from random adults on the streets! It’s what our folks tell us to teach us […]
an even longer tradition of stories where a person runs into a demon/devil/magic man
He had a huge ego and once asked a man whom he barely knew for money.
What do Frank Sinatra, Blood Sweat and Tears and John Denver have in common? They all used classical music in some of their pieces. After Aaron Copland composed his Fanfare […]
After Aaron Copland composed his Fanfare for the Common Man, the piece was also adapted
In 1942, Eugene Goossens, music director of the Cincinnati Symphony, invited two dozen or so composers to write fanfares honoring those serving in World War II. Hear some more of […]
of those fanfares, and take a guess why Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man
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William Grant Still has been called the Dean of Afro-American composers. Judith Anne Still, the composer’s daughter, talks with Naomi Lewin about her father’s life, and the difficulty he faced […]
and the difficulty he faced in the first half of 20th century America as a black man
A charming and amusing man, much of his music is light-hearted and gay.
