The term classical music is used to refer to the music of the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras, which ranged roughly from the years 1600 - 1900. Classical musical consists of some of the world's best known and celebrated composers, such as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Weber, and many more. Classical music can be heard by orchestras all throughout the world. In modern times Copland is very popular among classical music fans.
Coming out of the Renaissance period of music, classical music made a move toward music that was much more expressive than previous forms. Its composers used concepts such as instrumentation in order to invoke emotion in their audiences by writing parts for specific instruments. Today, classical music is often used as the background for major motion pictures in order to produce certain emotions in movie-going audiences. It has also made stars of many solo artists, such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinists Andre Rieu and Joshua Bell. Get your chance to hear some an example of classical music by buying Copland tickets from TicketRoom.
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25.02.2025 07:45 |
Fort Lauderdale USA |
Amaturo Theater - Broward Ctr For The Perf Arts 25.02.2025 07:45 |
$57.89-$530.00 |
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07.03.2025 07:30 |
Salem USA |
Smith Auditorium at Willamette University 07.03.2025 07:30 |
$74.75-$96.60 |
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08.03.2025 07:30 |
Allentown USA |
Miller Symphony Hall 08.03.2025 07:30 |
$60.00-$439.00 |
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08.03.2025 07:30 |
Portland USA |
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 08.03.2025 07:30 |
$45.00-$570.00 |
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09.03.2025 03:00 |
Allentown USA |
Miller Symphony Hall 09.03.2025 03:00 |
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09.03.2025 03:00 |
Portland USA |
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 09.03.2025 03:00 |
$45.00-$570.00 |
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10.03.2025 07:30 |
Portland USA |
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 10.03.2025 07:30 |
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30.03.2025 02:00 |
Scottsdale USA |
La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church 30.03.2025 02:00 |
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04.04.2025 11:15 |
Milwaukee USA |
Bradley Symphony Center 04.04.2025 11:15 |
$61.60-$525.00 |
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05.04.2025 07:30 |
Milwaukee USA |
Bradley Symphony Center 05.04.2025 07:30 |
$44.28-$525.00 |
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09.05.2025 07:30 |
Nashville USA |
Schermerhorn Symphony Center 09.05.2025 07:30 |
$33.26-$669.75 |
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10.05.2025 07:30 |
Nashville USA |
Schermerhorn Symphony Center 10.05.2025 07:30 |
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10.05.2025 08:00 |
Saint Petersburg USA |
Mahaffey Theater At The Progress Energy Center 10.05.2025 08:00 |
$40.00-$550.00 |
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30.05.2025 10:30 |
Buffalo USA |
Kleinhans Music Hall 30.05.2025 10:30 |
$247.66-$560.02 |
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31.05.2025 07:30 |
Buffalo USA |
Kleinhans Music Hall 31.05.2025 07:30 |
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06.06.2025 07:30 |
Jacksonville USA |
Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Jacoby Symphony Hall 06.06.2025 07:30 |
$60.65-$500.00 |
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06.06.2025 07:30 |
Bozeman USA |
Willson Auditorium 06.06.2025 07:30 |
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07.06.2025 07:30 |
Jacksonville USA |
Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Jacoby Symphony Hall 07.06.2025 07:30 |
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07.06.2025 07:30 |
Bozeman USA |
Willson Auditorium 07.06.2025 07:30 |
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08.06.2025 02:30 |
Bozeman USA |
Willson Auditorium 08.06.2025 02:30 |
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Aaron Copland was born on November 14, 1900, in Brooklyn, New York, going on to study piano and composition and studying in Europe for some time. He became one of the century’s foremost composers with highly influential music that had a distinctive blend of classical, folk and jazz idioms. Some of Copland’s most prominent pieces included Fanfare for the Common Man, El Salon Mexico and Appalachian Spring, for which he won the Pulitzer. An Oscar-winning writer of film scores as well, Copland died on December 2, 1990.
Composer Aaron Copland was born on November 14, 1900, in Brooklyn, New York to parents of Jewish and Eastern European descent. The youngest of five children, Copland went on to develop an interest in the piano, receiving guidance from his older sister. He later studied under Rubin Goldmark in Manhattan and regularly attended classical music performances. At 20 years old Copland opted to continue his studies in Fontainebleau, France, where he received tutelage from the famed Nadia Boulanger.
Studying a variety of European composers while abroad, Copland made his way back to the U.S. by the mid-1920s. Having been asked by Boulanger to write an organ concerto, Copland eventually debuted Symphony for Organ and Orchestra on January 11, 1925 with the New York Symphony Society under Walter Damrosch.
The decade that followed saw the production of the scores that would spread Copland's fame throughout the world. He was concerned with crafting sounds that would be seen as “American” in its scope, incorporating a range of styles in his work that included jazz and folk and connections to Latin America. Some of his most well-known pieces include Piano Variations (1930), The Dance Symphony (1930), El Salon Mexico (1935), A Lincoln Portrait (1942) and Fanfare for the Common Man (1942). Copland later composed the music to Martha Graham’s 1944 dance Appalachian Spring. The following year Copland won the Pulitzer Prize for the piece.
An author as well, Copland published the first edition of the book What to Listen for in Music in 1939, followed by Our New Music (1941) and Music and Imagination (1952). The latter title was shaped by the composer’s Norton Lectures at Harvard, and he also taught at the institution’s New School for Social Research.
Copland was a renowned composer of film scores as well, working on Of Mice and Men (1939), Our Town (1940) and The North Star (1943)—receiving Academy Award nominations for all three projects. He eventually won an Oscar for The Heiress (1949). And more than a decade later, Copland composed a stark, unsettling score for the controversial Something Wild (1961). Selections from his various works would be used in TV series and commercials over the years, as well as films like Spike Lee’s He Got Game (1998).
In his later compositions, Copland made use of a European derived tonal system. By the 1970s, he had ceased crafting new works, focusing on teaching and conducting.
Copland died on December 2, 1990 in North Tarrytown, New York at 90 years old. Having received an array of accolades in his later years, the iconic composer had also worked with Vivian Perlis on a two-volume autobiography, Copland: 1900 Through 1942 (1984) and Copland Since 1943 (1989). A well-received, lengthy biography on his life was published in 1999—Aaron Copland: The Life & Work of an Uncommon Man, by Howard Pollack. And an extensive collection of Copland’s works, including his personal letters and photographs, are held by the Library of Congress.