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Aaron Copland

The warm exuberance of Copland's music attracted Martha Graham in 1943. She commissioned him to write a score for her ballet entitled Appalachian Spring, which is impossible not to mention. (despite the fact that we heard it in class) Appalachian spring brought nothing but good fortune to Copland, assuring him an eternal place in classical music. It was after the widespread success of Spring that he produced his most prolific piece, and perhaps the best summation of his attitude towards classical music, 'Fanfare for the Common Man' Finished in 1942, this ...