Fact file
| Year of birth | 1900 |
| Year of death | 1990 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Period | 20th century |
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BudapestOrganized Rhythm
Copland, Susman, Cochereau, Saint-Saëns, Holst
Clive Driskill-Smith; Joseph Gramley
LondonThe Music of Eric Whitacre
Adams, Copland, Bernstein, Whitacre
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Eric Whitacre; City of London Choir
BerlinMartin Fröst plays Copland
Barber, Copland, Sibelius
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Osmo Vänskä; Martin Fröst
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Kansas City Symphony in Copland, Milhaud and Ravel
Jean-Guihen Queyras is the soloist in Lalo's rarely performed Cello Concerto.
Exaggeration and disinterest mar John Wilson's CBSO programme
John Wilson oversees a glossy, superficial take on early 20th-century works from England and the USA.
Wilson, Szymanowski, and Copland with Batiashvili, Nelsons and the BSO
Lisa Batiashvili and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons offer an adventurous program of works leaving a lasting impression.
Jazz, tragedy and a Julia Wolfe premiere
The New York Philharmonic premieres Julia Wolfe’s remembrance of the victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and plays an elegy to LBJ and an Aaron Copland jazz concerto.
Adams conducts Adams (and Copland) in Cleveland
John Adams returned to Cleveland to lead two of his own works – including the local première of Scheherazade.2 – framing Copland’s Quiet City and Appalachian Spring.
List of works
Appalachian SpringAppalachian Spring (ballet)Appalachian Spring: SuiteBilly the Kid: suiteChing-a-ring chawClarinet ConcertoEl Salón MéxicoFanfare for the Common ManFour MotetsI Bought Me a CatIn the beginningKlarinettenkonzertLong Time agoMusic for the MoviesMusic for the TheatreOld American SongsOld American Songs: The Boatmen's DancePiano SonataPreamble for Solemn OccasionQuiet City for cor anglais, trumpet and stringsRodeo: Four Dance EpisodesRodeo: HoedownSextet, for clarinet, piano and string quartetShall we gather at the riverSonata for Violin and PianoSymphony no. 3The Little HorsesZion's walls
