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Aaron Copland

Title
Aaron Copland [sound recording] / Tim Page, interviewer.
Publication
Oct. 3, 1985.

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Additional Authors
  • Page, Tim, 1954-
  • Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
  • Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
  • WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
  • WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), donor
Description
1 sound disc (57 min) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Music critic Tim Page interviews American composer, writer on music, pianist, and conductor Aaron Copland. He comments on his career as a composer and about his new serious music style with an "American flavor." Copland talks about his early interest in music. He reflects on the influence of Nadia Boulanger, his music teacher in Paris, and conductor and composer Serge Koussevitzky, whom she introduced him to. Copland says Koussevitzky discovered him as a new talent and predicted his successful career as a composer. He talks about his piano works, and comments on his work with dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, and their resulting work, the ballet Appalachian spring. Speaking about the music he composed for this ballet, Copland comments on his fascination with the American West. He talks about one wish of his never fulfilled: he never met the composer Charles Ives. During his interview the excerpts from his Piano variations and Appalachian spring suite (the suite for complete orchestra) are played.
Uniform Title
Meet the composer (Radio program)
Subject
  • Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 > Interviews
  • Boulanger, Nadia
  • Composers > United States > Interviews
  • Radio programs, Musical
  • Variations (Piano)
  • Piano music > Variation
  • Suites (Instrumental ensemble)
  • Ballets > Excerpts
Genre/Form
  • Radio programs.
  • Radio interviews.
Note
  • This interview with Aaron Copland was compiled from discussions with the composer at his home in Peekskill, New York (ca. 1985), and from several interviews conducted in 1980.
  • WNYC no. 8739.
Event (note)
  • Broadcast on radio station WNYC, New York, N.Y., Oct. 3, 1985.
Source (note)
  • WNYC;
Call Number
*LDC 43572
OCLC
428817086
Title
Aaron Copland [sound recording] / Tim Page, interviewer.
Imprint
Oct. 3, 1985.
Event
Broadcast on radio station WNYC, New York, N.Y., Oct. 3, 1985.
Source
Gift; WNYC; NN-RHA
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Added Author
Page, Tim, 1954- interviewer.
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990, interviewee.
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Piano music. Selections.
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Appalachian spring. Suite. Selections.
WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), donor.
Research Call Number
*LDC 43572
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