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    Aaron Copland was an American composer born in 1900 in New York City who did not come from a musical family but studied music in France. He was known for being one of the first composers to incorporate jazz into classical music and for writing music for orchestra, band, choir, piano, chamber ensembles, opera, and film. He won an Academy Award for his movie soundtrack for The Heiress in 1949. He died in 1990 in North Tarrytown, New York.

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    Aaron Copland was an American composer born in 1900 in New York City who did not come from a musical family but studied music in France. He was known for being one of the first composers to incorporate jazz into classical music and for writing music for orchestra, band, choir, piano, chamber ensembles, opera, and film. He won an Academy Award for his movie soundtrack for The Heiress in 1949. He died in 1990 in North Tarrytown, New York.

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    Aaron Copland was an American composer born in 1900 in New York City who did not come from a musical family but studied music in France. He was known for being one of the first composers to incorporate jazz into classical music and for writing music for orchestra, band, choir, piano, chamber ensembles, opera, and film. He won an Academy Award for his movie soundtrack for The Heiress in 1949. He died in 1990 in North Tarrytown, New York.

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    Aaron Copland

    Born: New York City, USA 1900

    Died: North Tarrytown, New York, USA 1990


    Facts
     He did not come from a musical family
     He was one of the first composers to incorporate jazz into his
    music
     He won an Academy Award for his movie soundtrack for The
    Heiress in 1949
     He studied music in France with Nadia Boulanger
    This time in History
     1900: Picasso is painting
     1921: First radio broadcast of a baseball game
     1941: Americans are drawn into World War II when Japanese
    bomb Pearl Harbor
     1951: Color T.V. is first introduced into American homes
    Copland wrote music for:
     Orchestra, band, and choir
     Piano
     Chamber ensembles
     Opera
     Theater/Film (Movies!)
    “Fanfare for the Common Man”
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     Tempo?
     Dynamics?
     Anything about this piece that makes it unique?
    “Hoedown” from Rodeo
     Instruments?
     Tempo?
     Dynamics?
     Anything about this piece that makes it unique?

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