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Composer

American composer known for his contributions to American music. His works blend American folk music and classical music traditions, with notable compositions including 'Appalachian Spring' and 'The City'.

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Famous Aaron Copland Quotes

“When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.”

Thinking Speak Music Listening Composer Listeners Gifted

Author:Aaron Copland

“The inspired moment may sometimes be described as a kind of hallucinatory state of mind: one half of the personality emotes and dictates while the other half listens and notates. The half that listens has better look the other way, had better simulate a half attention only, for the half that dictates is easily disgruntled and avenges itself for too close inspection by fading entirely away.”

Way Mind Looks Kind May Sometimes States Moments Attention Half Listening Personality Inspired State Of Mind Other Half Fading One Half Inspection Simulate Disgruntled Emote

Book:Music and imagination

Source: Music and imagination

“Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes.”

Minutes Listening Staring Cows Fifth Symphony

Author:Aaron Copland

About the Author

Born: November 14, 1900
Died: December 2, 1990
Known for: Composer
Quotes: 31

Books & Sources

Music and imaginationRelated source material

Aaron Copland: A Reader : Selected Writings 1923-1972Related source material

The pleasures of musicRelated source material

What to Listen For in MusicRelated source material

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