Lemn Sissay explores Copland's music from Rodeo with beautiful animation. Originally composed in 1942 for a ballet called Rodeo, the Hoe-Down features two American square dance tunes and fuses ...
And it’s true that Copland’s work isn’t programmatic, but it was started in wartime, in 1944, and finished in 1946. As an end-of-war piece, it was “intended to reflect the euphoric spirit of the ...