Entertainment & Arts
Our “How to Listen” series continues with Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring.” How music written off as a relic still resonates powerfully with hope.
Aug. 12, 2020
Several years ago my wife and I attended the annual music festival in Santa Cruz.
Dec. 19, 1990
Erik Johns, 74, the librettist for composer Aaron Copland’s only full-length opera, “The Tender Land,” died Dec. 11 in a fire at his home in Fishkill, N.Y.
Dec. 19, 2001
The celebration of Aaron Copland’s 90th birthday on Nov. 14 is not quite over.
Nov. 25, 1990
Television
Aaron Copland, who created the sound of the American spirit, gets an hourlong PBS tribute amid all that ‘Jazz.’
Jan. 20, 2001
Aaron Copland sometimes is referred to as the dean of American composers--praise that is, if anything, inadequate.
Jan. 21, 1990
Government monitored Aaron Copland for 25 years, documents show. Hoover sought CIA help.
May 11, 2003
The Composer’s 100th Birthday Gives Rise to a Festival of Music and Film
Oct. 3, 2000
Sports
Vin Scully will take two days off from retirement to lend his remarkable voice to a historic composition in American history — live at the Hollywood Bowl.
June 13, 2017
Composer Aaron Copland, upon going to France to study, noticed the “Frenchness” of the music there.
Dec. 4, 1990