Aaron Copland grew up in Brooklyn far from the mainstream ... In this world, the young Copland heard a lot of Yiddish popular music, which grew out of a tradition filled with improvisation ...
Step. The initial melody leaps about - it can’t keep still. Aaron Copland created this music to be danced to inspired by music cowboys liked to dance to. It has a party atmosphere. The tempo of ...
Whatever one thinks of his virtually unknown middle- and late-period music, Copland has to be admired for his steadfast independence and unwillingness to court popularity for its own sake.
Bus: Q34 to Queens College, Q88 to Horace Harding Exp. – Reeves Ave. Located in the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, the focal point of this 487-seat concert hall is the ...