chapter 76 american composers return from europe: copland and barber
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Chapter 76
American Composers Return from Europe:
Copland and Barber
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Lecture Overview
• American artists in Paris in the 1920s• Nadia Boulanger: teaching and influence• Aaron Copland:
– life and works– Piano Variations– Appalachian Spring, Suite 1945, Variations on
a Shaker Hymn
• Samuel Barber:– life and works– (optional: Adagio for Strings)– Hermit Songs, “Sea-Snatch”
• Review
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The Life of Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
• 1900 born in Brooklyn, NY• 1921-24 Paris, studies with Nadia Boulanger• 1924 settles in New York• 1928 founds the Copland-Sessions Concerts of
Contemporary Music• 1940-65 teaches at Tanglewood• 1972 final compositions• 1990 dies in North Tarrytown, NY
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Principal Compositions by Aaron Copland
• Orchestra: symphonies (3), character pieces include – El Salón Mexico– Lincoln Portrait (with narration)– Outdoor Overture
• Opera and ballets: ballets include – Appalachian Spring– Billy the Kid– Rodeo
• Chamber music: works include Violin Sonata and Nonet for strings
• Piano: works include – Piano Blues– Piano Fantasy– Sonata– Piano Variations
• Songs: Emily Dickinson songs, folk song arrangements• Writings: include the book Music and Imagination (highly
recommended)
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Aaron Copland, Piano Variations, 1930
Theme-and-variations form
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Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring, Suite 1945, Variations on a Shaker Hymn
Theme-and-variations form
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The Life of Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
• 1910 born in Philadelphia• 1924 -32 studies at the Curtis Institute of
Music, composition with Rosario Scalero• 1939-42 teaches composition at Curtis• 1962 wins Pulitzer Prize for Piano Concerto• 1966 premiere of Antony and Cleopatra for
the opening of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center
• 1981 dies in New York
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Principal Compositions by Samuel Barber
• Orchestra: symphonies (2), character pieces, concertos
• Operas and ballets: include– Medea (ballet)– Vanessa (opera)– Antony and Cleopatra (opera)
• Chamber music: includes String Quartet, instrumental sonatas,
• Piano: character pieces, Sonata (1949)• Songs: about 40, including
– Hermit Songs– Knoxville: Summer of 1915
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Samuel Barber, Hermit Songs, 1953, “Sea-Snatch”
Free ternary form
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Review Key Terms
• Nadia Boulanger• Walt Whitman• Martha Graham• “Simple Gifts”• Adagio for Strings