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The Vienna premiere of the orchestral suite took place in November and the Australian premiere soon after. [159] [160] In January 1946, the Martha Graham Dance Company presented a new run of shows in New York, including Appalachian Spring on the program. [161] By May 1946, the orchestral suite had received performances across the world. [162]
Arrangement into a suite can make the music more accessible and available to a wider audience, and has greatly helped popularize the music itself, such as in Tchaikovsky's suite from The Nutcracker, or Aaron Copland's suite from Appalachian Spring. Suites for orchestra or concert band usually consist of one or more movements.
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)
Suite algérienne; Suite Antique; Suite bergamasque; Suite Española No. 1; Suite for String Orchestra (Nielsen) Suite française (Poulenc) Suite of Dances (ballet) Suite of Old American Dances; Suite Punta del Este; Suite über 6 schweizerische Volkslieder; Sweeney Todd (ballet) Les Sylphides; Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninoff) Symphonic Dances ...
In 1960, RCA Victor released Copland's recordings with the Boston Symphony Orchestra of the orchestral suites from Appalachian Spring and The Tender Land; these recordings were later reissued on CD, as were most of Copland's Columbia recordings (by Sony). [105] Rock Hill, Copland's home in Cortlandt Manor, New York, now a National Historic Landmark
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. ...
Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite (original version), Music for the Theatre, 2 Ballads for Violin and Piano, Elegies for Violin and Viola, El Salón México, arranged for solo piano by Arturo Toscanini, with Eugene Drucker (violin), Lawrence Dutton (viola), Diane Walsh (piano) (Bridge Records)
Orchestral suite from the ballet, Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland – October 4, 1944, New York Philharmonic, Artur Rodziński conducting; Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte for Voice and Piano Quintet, op. 41 by Arnold Schoenberg – November 23, 1944, New York Philharmonic, Artur Rodziński conducting