Aaron Copeland
Melinda Davidson
Period 6
Aaron Copland (November 14 ) was an American composer of modern tonal music as well as film music. Copland\'s music achieved a difficult balance between simple and effective composition. His often slow harmonies were near motionless recalling the vast American landscape. He incorporated percussive orchestration For the use of the term \"orchestration\" in computer science, see orchestration (computers)
Outside of composing, Copland often served as a teacher and lecturer. During his career
he also wrote books, articles and served as a conductor. Copland born in Brooklyn, New York
He spent his childhood living above his parents\' Brooklyn shop. Although his parents never encouraged or directly exposed him to music, at age fifteen he had already taken an interest in the subject and aspired to be a composer. His music education included time with Leopold Wolfsohn and Rubin Goldmark Rubin Goldmark (August 15, 1872 (New York City) - March 6, 1936 (New......
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