Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland was born in November 1900, in New York. He became one of the most important composers of 1901-2000. American music.
Influenced by European 1750 - 1825. composers, Copland incorporated popular forms of American music such as A genre of music that has swing and syncopated rhythms, and extended chords. and Traditional music from a particular country.聽 into his compositions. By the age of 20, he had written and sold his first composition to publishers.
The composer and The director and leader of a musical ensemble. Serge Koussevitzky asked Copland to write a piece for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1925, he composed the piece Symphony for Organ and Orchestra and it established him as a professional American composer. In the same year he composed music for the theatre and in 1926, Piano Concerto. Both pieces are heavily influenced by jazz.
During the late 1930s and 1940s, Copland began composing music for film and ballet. His popular compositions for film Music accompanying a range of media: film, TV, books, video games. include Of Mice and Men in 1939 and The Heiress, which won him an Academy Award for best score in 1949.
One of his most popular ballets was Rodeo in 1942. The ballet presented views of American country life and incorporated folk traditions.
In addition to composing, Copland was a Harvard scholar and worked as a conductor and teacher until his death in 1990.