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Appalachian Spring is an American ballet created by the choreographer Martha Graham and the composer Aaron Copland, later arranged as an orchestral work.Commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Copland composed the ballet music for Graham; the original choreography was by Graham, with costumes by Edythe Gilfond and sets by Isamu Noguchi.
The song was largely unknown outside Shaker communities until Aaron Copland used its melody for the score of Martha Graham's ballet, Appalachian Spring, first performed in 1944. (Shakers once worshipped on Holy Mount, in the Massachusetts portion of the Appalachians).
Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College (part of the City University of New York). Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 14, 1900. [4] He was the youngest of five children in a Conservative Jewish immigrant family of Lithuanian origin. [5]
Billy the Kid is a 1938 ballet written by the American composer Aaron Copland on commission from Lincoln Kirstein.It was choreographed by Eugene Loring for Ballet Caravan. ...
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Appalachian Spring was voted Top Retailer Of American Craft for two consecutive years, 1995 [4] and 1996 [5] by Niche Magazine [6] and craft exhibitors at the Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft [7] and the Baltimore American Craft Council [8] shows. After winning two years in a row a Hall of Fame was created and Appalachian Spring was ...
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