Friday, March 11, 2011

A Man of Many Compositions

Copeland's first composition ever sold was to Durand and Sons in France.
   - Symphony for Organ and Orchestra (1925).
        * Conducted by Serge Koussevitsky and performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
  - El Salon Mexico (1935)
        * Mexican Folk Music
Copland also wrote for Films in the late 30's and early 40's.
   - Of Mice and Men (1939), Our Town (1940), The Heiress (1949)
        *Won Academy Awards for
As well as Ballets
   - Agnes DeMille's Rodeo (1942), Appalachian Song (1944), and Concert Suite

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