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Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 1900. He was the youngest child of Harris and Sarah Copland. Copland’s parents were both born in Lithuania and immigrated to the United States in the late 1800’s and were married in 1885. ...
It was not until he reached his teens that Copland began to show an interest in music. He learned how to play the piano from his older sister Laurine, and in less than one year, Copland had learned everything she could teach him. Following much pestering of his father, Copland was allowed to take formal lessons with Leopold Wolfsohn. After attending his first concert at age 15, Copland decided to become a composer, and upon graduating high school, he began to study harmony and counterpoint through a correspondence course, a very difficult way of learning music. ... Copland dreamed of studying music in France, and for the next several years, he saved his money and continued to practice. In 1920, Copland was granted a scholarship and in the summer of 1921, he traveled to the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau. There, Copland studied with Nadia Boulanger and became her first American student in composition
Nadia Boulanger encouraged Copland to find an American sound instead of European, usually pointing out odd rhythms in his work. Copland had not noticed them before, because they were part of him. ... ” Copland returned to America in 1924 and began work on his Organ Symphony, commissioned by Boulanger for the New York Symphony Orchestra. This proved to be a huge success for Copland and he was soon recruited by Koussevitsky, the conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, to write “Music for the Theater.”
For the next ten years, Copland was known for his abstract, dissonant music. ... While strolling through a small Mexican town, Copland wondered into a dance hall called El Salon Mexico.
Approximate Word count = 1525
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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