Biographical information on Copland is readily available from other sources (see links) so I will not address this on Fanfare For Aaron Copland. We will instead deal with the glorious music composed by Mr. Copland throughout his lengthy career. A systematic survey of Copland's complete oeuvre will not be conducted but a generous cross-section of his work will be posted. These will include orchestral, chamber, and vocal/choral pieces (many lesser-known compositions will be included). Ocassionally we will hear the same piece in different instrumentation. Sometimes we will feature the same piece interpreted by two different orchestras/conductors.
I hope this site will raise awareness of Aaron Copland's titanic contribution to his field and to the cultural history of the 20th century United States. All postings on this site will be in the lossless FLAC format and will be ripped from original CD's in my personal collection. All artwork included with the CD packaging will be added as image scans, now all done at 300DPI.
Great composer,
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Scoredaddy, You scored big again...
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that we benefit from your generosity!
Look forward to hearing more :))
Thanks for all this wonderful Copland music. It has certainly open my eyes and ears on this composer. also your notes make excellent reading.
ReplyDeleteI especially loved the Bernstein contributions. His interpretations are really special. I guess sleeping with the composer gave him a special insight into the music.
Be sure to catch the wonderful BBC documentary on Aaron Copland if you get a chance. I see he was another of those great early 20th century composers influenced by Nadia Boulanger in Paris.
Your effort in spreading these
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Horatio from
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I just spent a couple of hours enjoying your spectacular blog. What a delight!
ReplyDeletePlease accept my genuine 'Thank You' for your generosity and work in bringing this wonderful music to our worlds.
It is also a pleasure to download the music and open it with all the tags/meta data in place. Fabulous! Absolutely fabulous!
You really know how to do it right. My sincere compliments.
All the best,
GLW
What an amazing contribution you made here !
ReplyDeleteCopland truely deserves more attention, and your blog is a giant step in that direction.
Thank you for putting his music in the spotlight.
Great blog.
What a great site, as a lover of Copland's music, I really found it very interesting. I also am very grateful for the reading lists. What detail!
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Great composer!
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ReplyDeleteThanks a lot! Is there any chance to get in future the Copland-Bernstein-Records on DGG?
ReplyDeleteYes, I will eventually get to Bernstein's Copland DG discs.
ReplyDeleteThat would be great! Thanks
ReplyDeleteHello Scoredaddy... I've enjoyed your input on Call It Anything. I played trumpet in high school and I remember hating to have to play music by Copland. I thought it was so "square." I now know I was the "square" one. I downloaded "Old American Songs" from this blog and really enjoyed it. Some years ago I heard a piece on the radio by Copland and it was a small group for brass. I remember loving it but I don't know what it was. Any ideas? Thank you. I look forward to exploring this blog.
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ReplyDeleteSorry, but lots of Copland music has been adapted for brass band. Not sure unless you have more specifics.
Hi. Thanks for your excellent website. I'm not sure if it's kosher to post requests, but I am trying to find the follow CD.
ReplyDelete"Copland: Symphony No. 3 & Harris: Symphony No. 3"
It contains Aaron Copland and Roy Harris's third symphonies, performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Neeme Järvi.
Thanks for your excellent work. This site is almost single-handedly responsible for my discovery and appreciation of Copland.
Hello: I recall a recording late 80's of Copland's Clarinet Concerto & Corligiano's: would you have access to it (I believe it's out of print)? Many thanks in advance!
ReplyDeleteAt last, Copland is getting the SERIOUS attention he has needed all along, not just as an American composer...but as a COMPOSER, regardless of nationality.
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Hi Scoredaddy,
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to post this as a comment as this is more just to let you know about some more Copland recordings not posted here that I just stumbled across. They are located here:
http://big10inchrecord.blogspot.com/search/label/Aaron%20Copland
Thanks for all your great work!!
Thanks for your work here. Much appreciated!
ReplyDeleteHey Scoredaddy. Good to see you're back with blogging! See you around! (sniffle)
ReplyDeleteDear fellow Copland fan, is there any chance of you re-uploading "The Heiress" please?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great Copland site - much appreciated. Is there any chance of re-uploading "The Heiress" please? That RS links has expired, I think.
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Hello,
ReplyDeleteMay I thank you for all your hard work and dedication in posting all the beautiful music during 2014.
It is very much appreciated.
All the very best for the Festive Season and in 2015.
Cheers,
Douglas (UK)
Happy to see the site is officially opened in one year. I will wait patiently,
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the efforts that you have taken to share your love music with us during 2017 - it is particulary appreciated.
ReplyDeleteIt takes a lot of effort to organise a blog and I am very much aware that for all your energies very few people express their thanks for what you do. Most unrewarding.
Do hope that you are enjoying the end of 2017 festivities and that we can look forward to more correspondence from you in 2018.
All the very best and good health in 2018.
Thank you and cheers,
Douglas (UK)
Thank you for all the efforts that you have taken to share your love music with us during 2017 - it is particulary appreciated.
ReplyDeleteIt takes a lot of effort to organise a blog and I am very much aware that for all your energies very few people express their thanks for what you do. Most unrewarding.
Do hope that you are enjoying the end of 2017 festivities and that we can look forward to more correspondence from you in 2018.
All the very best and good health in 2018.
Thank you and cheers,
Douglas (UK)