Music for the common man : Aaron Copland during the depression and war
In the 1930s, Aaron Copland began to write in an accessible style he described as "imposed simplicity." Works like El Salon Mexico, Billy the Kid, Lincoln Portrait, and Appalachian Spring feature a tuneful idiom that brought the composer unprecedented popular success and came to define an American sound. Yet the cultural substance of that sound--the social and political perspective that might be heard within these familiar pieces--has until now been largely overlooked. While it has long been acknowledged that Copland subscribed to leftwing ideals, Music for the Common Man is the firs
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9780195348576, 9781423733805, 9780195383591, 9780195151572, 0195348575, 1423733800, 0195383591, 0195151577
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Communism and the cultural front
Expanding America
Creating community
The dancing of an attitude
In wartime
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