Molly TurnerMr. Payne AP United States History 3 June 2014 Aaron Copland Aaron Copland is considered one of te !reatest A"erican classical co"posers of te t#entietcentury. He incorporated popular for"s of A"erican "usic sucas fol$ tunes and %a& & and co"posed ne# and inno'ati'e sy"ponic pieces. Today( Copland is reco!ni&ed as one of te foundin! faters of A"erican classical "usic. He is te inspiration for "any youn! co"posers and "usicians ali$e. Copland #as )orn in *roo$lyn( +e# ,or$ on +o'e")er 14( 1-00. He #as te youn!est of fi'e and te son of Je#isi""i!rants. en e #as ele'en years old e learned to play te piano fro" is older sister . A t a!e si/teen( e #ent to Manattan to study #itold"ar$ #o tau!t Copland te funda"entals of counterpoint and co"position. He #as influenced )y )otconte"porary classical "usic and te older traditional "usic of urope. He ad access to perfor"ances of te +e# , or$ Sy"pony and *roo$lyn A cade"y of Music. At a!e t#enty ( Copland( li$e so "any oter co"posers( #ent to rance. Tere e sold is first "usical co"position and "et "any i"portant "usicians and co"posers. Sy"pony for r!an and rcestra51-267 and Piano Concerto51-287 launced Copland into te spotli!t of A"erican "usic. He incorporated %a&& in is s u)se9uent #or$s in searcfor a ne# type of Americansy"ponic "usic tat could )e distin!uised fro" te uropean "usic. Copland ten #ent on to co"pose fil" scores. His "usic for Te Heiress51-4-7 #on i" an Acade"y A #ard for )est score. He co"posed se'eral popular )allets : A!nes ;eMille<s
