| Contents |
Introduction. Music in wartime America -- The war years, 1943-1945 -- Across the Americas, 1945-1949 -- Around the world, 1949-1953 -- The tender land, 1953-1954 -- New horizons, new sounds, 1954-1957 -- Russia and the Far East, 1957-1960 -- The music within, 1961-1969 -- Breaking new ground, 1971-1979 -- Reflections on a life in music. |
| Abstract |
Hailed as important, entertaining, and revealing, this book is composer Aaron Copland's irresistible account of the latter half of his career--a career that brought us such pioneering works as Appalachian Spring and Lincoln Portrait, the movie scores for Of Mice and Men and Our Town, and numerous other orchestral and chamber works. It tells the story of how a self-described "brash young man from Brooklyn" went on to become one of the founding fathers of "serious" American music. Featuring cameos by luminaries such as Leonard Bernstein, Martha Graham, Agnes de Mille, Benny Goodman, and other peers of Aaron Copland during this explosively creative period, Copland: Since 1943 is an invaluable memoir that charts the crescendo of one of the most accomplished careers in the modern canon. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-452) and index. |
| LCCN | 89034847 |
| ISBN | 0312033133 : |
