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Aaron Copland


Aaron Warner

Aaron Copland was the embodiment of what a composer can hope to become.
Copland was very much in touch not only with himself and his feelings, but with
the audience he intended to reach. Very few composers have a concrete idea of
what "types" of people they wish their music to reach. Copland was one of these
few. The "Common Man" was the central part of much of his volumes of music
strived to reach. Copland felt that, ". .everyone should have a chance to see
things through this music. Limiting who can understand it only limits your
usefulness" Throughout his 75+ years as a composer and conductor, he touched
the lives and hearts of as many people as he could.
Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1900 to fairly affluent
parents. Because of his family's financial status, he started formally training
as a teen, and moved to Paris where he became the first American student of
Nadia Boulanger. It was here that Copland developed much of his......

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