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  2. Appalachian Spring - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of compositions by Aaron Copland - Wikipedia

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    Song of the Guerillas for orchestra (1943) Sonata for Violin (or Clarinet) and Piano (1943) The North Star; soundtrack (1943) 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)

  4. Kazuhiro Morita - Wikipedia

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    He is known as an arranger, reworking pieces like Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland, Galánta Dances by Zoltán Kodály, Don Juan and an excerpt from Salome by Richard Strauss, The Miraculous Mandarin by Béla Bartók, Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler, the second suite from the ballet Daphnis et Chloé by Maurice Ravel and the Rhapsody on a ...

  5. Simple Gifts - Wikipedia

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    The central melody of "Simple Gifts" is used in the 2009 song The Sound Above My Hair by German electronic music group Scooter, which utilises bagpipes in the composition. The 2008 song " The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn) " by Weezer makes extensive use of the "Simple Gifts" melody throughout.

  6. Appalachian Journey - Wikipedia

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    Appalachian Journey is the second album from the string trio of bassist and composer Edgar Meyer, fiddler and composer Mark O'Connor, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. James Taylor and Alison Krauss join the trio individually on two Stephen Foster songs arranged for the trio. Sony Classical released the disc in 2000.

  7. Sheet music - Wikipedia

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    Sheet music for the song "Oregon, My Oregon" Sheet music can be used as a record of, a guide to, or a means to perform, a song or piece of music. Sheet music enables instrumental performers who are able to read music notation (a pianist, orchestral instrument players, a jazz band, etc.) or singers to perform a song or piece. Music students use ...

  8. Appalachian music - Wikipedia

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    Appalachian music is the music of the region of Appalachia in the Eastern United States. Traditional Appalachian music is derived from various influences, including the ballads, hymns and fiddle music of the British Isles (particularly Scotland), and to a lesser extent the music of Continental Europe. [1]

  9. Michael White (clarinetist) - Wikipedia

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    White was a collector of jazz artifacts and local history for 30 years. He owned the original sheet music of "Dead Man Blues" by Jelly Roll Morton, a clarinet mouthpiece by Sidney Bechet, and an estimated 5,000 records and LPs which were lost during the flooding. [9]