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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).
“Appalachian Spring” was, for Copland, that restoration but a rebuilding in an entirely new spirit. No more excess, material or musical. A calm, inspiring acceptance of nature, not a dominance ...
"Lord of the Dance" is a hymn written by English songwriter Sydney Carter in 1963. [1] The melody is from the American Shaker song "Simple Gifts" composed in 1848.The hymn is widely performed in English-speaking congregations and assemblies.
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The Appalachian region, as defined by Congress, includes all of West Virginia and parts of several other states, including Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, Georgia, North and ...
The first full month of spring and a feminine name of Latin origin meaning “open.” 32. May. Another spring month and a feminine name of English, German and Sanskrit origin that boasts an ...
Appalachian Spring (1944) is the name of a musical composition by Aaron Copland and a ballet of the same name by Martha Graham. Copland did not intend for his music, which he composed for Graham and which incorporates Shaker melodies, to have an Appalachian theme. Graham gave the work its name; her ballet told the story of a young couple living ...