Aaron Copland
person
3 mentions
2 recordings
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 5 Jul
↑1 vs the 6 months before
Classical composer often associated with American orchestral music
Trend
Peak in the week of 30 Jun — 1 mentions across 1 series.
Moments
newest first · ▶ plays the momentMichael BarbaroThe Daily · The Most American Episode of The Daily, Ever. · 2:14 · 5 Jul
…There's a lot of classical music that is quintessentially American, but if I had to pick one, I think the most American of them would be Aaron Copland's Rodeo.…
Yo-Yo MaFresh Air · A Yo-Yo Ma Thanksgiving · 41:04 · Nov 2024
…But listen to what's around you. Listen to the music of immigrants. Listen to African-American music and the Native American music. He traveled to find all of this. He said, this is where you're going to find the soul of America. And his students taught their students that way, and they became George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Duke Ellington.…
Yo-Yo MaFresh Air · A Yo-Yo Ma Thanksgiving · 38:41 · Nov 2024
…Well, I mean, I think we are all more than who we think we are, right? Because there's always unexplored parts. And I think with music, with anything that's created, if you look deeply enough... into anything, I think you actually see the world. Simple Gifts, Shaker Song, then Aaron Copland turned into Appalachian Spring, suddenly had a different life.…
All 3 moments