AARON COPLAND

CHILDHOOD

• His Mom is Sarah Mittenthal Copland
• His Dad is Harris Morris Copland
• Aaron’s family lived above a department store that they owned
• His family lived in Brooklyn New York

SCHOOL

• Went to school at Boys High School
• He was a very smart kid
• When he was 11 he took lessons from a neighbor
• Nadia Boulanger was his teacher

SIBLINGS

• Laurine
• Joshephine
• Leon
• Ralph

INFLUENCERS

• Fredric Chopin
• Claude Debussy
• Nadia Boulanger

JOBS

• Copland did not have a job as a child
• First started out as a musician.
• Became a composer at the age of 15
• Decided he wanted to be a composer when he went to a concert by Paderewski

LESSONS

• Took piano lessons from neighbor.
• From 1913-1917 took lessons from Leopold Wolfsohn
• Leopold Wolfsohn taught him the standard classic fare

NICKNAME

• The dean of American coposers

GENRES

• Ballets
• Orchestra
• Chamber
• Vocal
• Opera
• Film scores

HOEDOWN

• https://youtu.be/LsReWx9XdNs
• This song was written in 1942
• This song is featured in many commercials

THE TENDER LAND SUITE

• https://youtu.be/UkDuEQKED4Y

APPALACHIAN SPRING UNIT

WEBSITES

• YouTube.com
• Wikipedia.org
• Biography.com
• PBS.org