Copland

America knows Aaron Copland as our greatest composer, famous for Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Lincoln Portrait, Rodeo; the movie scores for Our Town and Of Mice and Men; and numerous orchestral and chamber works. This book takes us from Copland’s Brooklyn childhood, through his years in Paris studying with the legendary Nadia Boulanger, then his return to America, his early championship of American music, his first successes in Mexico, Hollywood, and as composer of some of the most popular ballets ever produced, and eventually his arrival at Tanglewood. This is not a book about music;…