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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.
Appalachian Spring; ballet (1944) Arrangement of Appalachian Spring for orchestra (1944) Letter from Home for orchestra (1944, revised in 1962) Midday Thoughts for piano (1944/82) Jubilee Variations for orchestra (1945) The Cummington Story; film score (1945) Symphony No. 3 for orchestra (1946) Arrangement of Danzón cubano for orchestra (1946)
The 1940s were arguably Copland's most productive years, and some of his works from this period cemented his fame. His ballet scores for Rodeo (1942) and Appalachian Spring (1944) were huge successes. Lincoln Portrait and Fanfare for the Common Man became patriotic standards. Also important was the Third Symphony.
The Red Pony is a film score composed for Lewis Milestone's 1949 production which used John Steinbeck's screenplay based on his 1937 book, The Red Pony.It was composed by Aaron Copland in 1948 at Republic Pictures [1] and an LP was issued of the soundtrack.
Appalachian Spring was scheduled for 30 December 1944, coupled with two other new ballets to newly commissioned scores, Imagined Wing to Darius Milhaud's Jeux du printemps and Hérodiade to a score of the same title by Paul Hindemith. [11]
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).
It premiered on 16 October 1938 [2] in Chicago by the Ballet Caravan Company, with pianists Arthur Gold and Walter Hendl performing a two-piano version of the score. The first performance in New York City occurred on 24 May 1939, with an orchestra conducted by Fritz Kitzinger.
Orchestra Label Notes 1947 George Szell: New York Philharmonic: Classical Roots Radio broadcast (18 December 1947) 1953 Antal Doráti: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra: Mercury Records [3] Premiere recording 1959 Aaron Copland London Symphony Orchestra: Everest Records [4] 1966 Leonard Bernstein: New York Philharmonic: Columbia Masterworks [5 ...