When Martha Graham’s ballet “Appalachian Spring” had its premiere on Oct. 30, 1944, in Washington, D.C., Aaron Copland was the voice of America. He had the gift to be simple. He wrote music that ...

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Appalachian Spring” in Oregon at Kaul Auditorium (Jun 25, 2026). Join us for the opening concert of our 56th Summer Festival ...

It would be cute to think that Aaron Copland was depicting spring in the Appalachian mountains of North America. But sadly he wasn’t, as the work was completed long before the title was assigned.

The finest of the works Aaron Copland composed in his American vein is the ballet Appalachian Spring, written in 1943-44 for Martha Graham. The work's premiere took place in the Coolidge Auditorium of ...

“’Tis a gift to be simple.” The celebrated melody of the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts” and its optimistic theme are prominent throughout American composer Aaron Copland’s signature work, “Appalachian ...

Aaron Copland was a city kid, a Brooklyn-born son of Jewish immigrants, yet he managed to write a piece of music that captured the essence of rural America and has become a classic. "Mr. Copland, when ...

The late music critic Terry Teachout described Aaron Copland's work as "probably the greatest piece of classical music composed by an American." Musician, author, composer and friend of the show, Rob ...

Students will explore the connection between music and movement through choreographing aspects of their everyday activities. The ballet Appalachian Spring sprang from a collaboration between composer ...

In 1980, to mark his 80th birthday, Aaron Copland conducted the Harmonie Ensemble in the original version of his Appalachian Spring, and worked with its director Steve Richman on a performance of his ...

This all-American work was written for ballet choreographer and dancer Martha Graham (indeed, the original name on the score is ‘Ballet for Martha’). For an original fee of $500 (roughly the ...