Early Life
This place was the birthplace of the famous composer Aaron Copeland.
What is Brooklyn, New York?
This is the ballet that features the famous "Hoedown".
What is "Rodeo"?
This early 20th-century French composer influenced Copland's music.
Who is Claude Debussy?
This is the number of how many Pulitzer prizes that Copland won.
What is one?
This is the famous music festival that Copland co-founded in 1940.
What is the Tanglewood Music Festival?
This year was the year that Aaron Copeland was born.
What is 1900?
This is the name of the ballet that features the "Simple Gifts" melody.
What is "Appalachian Spring"?
This American musical genre influence Copland's style greatly.
What is Jazz?
This was the year that Aaron Copland was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
What is 1964?
This is the name that Copland is often referred to in American music history.
What is "The Dean of American Composers"?
This is the age that Aaron Copeland started studying music.
What is 13?
This composition is often associated with the American Frontier.
What is "Billy the Kid"?
These were the two American that inspired Copland's compositions.
Who are Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson?
This is the name of the award Copland received for his "Appalachian Spring".
What is the Pulitzer Prize for Music?
This is the name of the foundation established by Copland to support contemporary music
What is the Aaron Copland Fund for Music?
This was Aaron Copeland's first music teacher.
This is the film score that Copland composed to earn him an Academy Award in 1949.
What is "The Heiress"?
This American folk music collection was the one Copland studied and incorporated into his music.
What is "Our Singing Country" by Alan Lomax?
This was the year that Aaron Copland receive an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
What is 1950?
This is one of Copland’s works, considered a patriotic favorite, performed at presidential inaugurations.
What is "Lincoln Portrait"?
This is the city that Aaron Copeland studied with Nadia Boulanger?
What is Paris, France?
This is the Copland piece commissioned for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1942.
What is "Fanfare for the Common Man"?
This Mexican composer influenced Copland's Latin-American compositions.
Who is Carlos Chávez?
This is the degree that Aaron Copland received from Princeton University.
What is Doctor of Music?
This is the notable teaching position that Copland held at Harvard University.
What is Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry?