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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 .
Domination of Black op.23, for orchestra after a poem of Wallace Stevens Europa & the Bull op.121 , for solo tuba and orchestra after Ovid Phaeton's Journey: Son of the Sun op.131 , for solo trumpet and orchestra after Ovid
During the dog days of summer of the 2020 COVID-19-related closures, “Appalachian Spring,” seemed a worthy addition to a pandemic playlist. Aaron Copland’s score to Martha Graham’s classic ...
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.
Connotations is scored for full symphony orchestra with augmented percussion. The complete ensemble includes piccolo, three flutes (third flute doubling second piccolo), two oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, three bassoons (third bassoon doubling contrabassoon), six horns, four trumpets, four trombones, tuba, tympani, five percussionists (glockenspiel ...
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This is a list of musical compositions or pieces of music that have unusual time signatures. "Unusual" is here defined to be any time signature other than simple time signatures with top numerals of 2, 3, or 4 and bottom numerals of 2, 4, or 8, and compound time signatures with top numerals of 6, 9, or 12 and bottom numerals 4, 8, or 16.