Aaron Copland
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
CHILDHOOD
- His parents were Sarah Mittenthal and Harris Morris
- His siblings were Josephine, Leon, Ralph, and Laurine
- When he was young he had a composing career
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- He first started out as a musician
- He was very smart in school
- He did not have to move to school
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- He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
- He did not live any where else except Brooklyn
- He died in North Tarrytown
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- He composed in the jazz and folk era
- He first got started as a musician from his older sister who taught him how to play the piano
- He got his music education from his older sister
- Some of his musician influencers were Debussy, Verdi, and Russian composers, but most of all was his teacher and mentor Nadia Boulanger
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- He was known for playing the piano
- He composed several symphonies and harmonies
- He composed mostly for orchestras
5 FACTS
- He received the Pulitzer Prize for composing Appalachian Spring
- His mother sang and played the piano
- When Copland was 11 he wrote his first notated melody, which he called Zenatello
- He spent three years in Paris studying with a composition teacher, Nadia Boulanger
CONT. FACTS
5. In the 1940s was his most productive decade, during this time he produced his most famous pieces, Rodeo, Appalachian Spring, A Lincoln portrait, fanfare for the Common Man
