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美国音乐与舞蹈在玛莎．葛蓝姆与科普兰合作后，合而为一。图中的舞者是柏川．罗斯
(Bertram Ross)
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作曲家阿隆．科普兰 (Aaron
Copland) 出生在纽约布鲁克林区
1900年11月14日
科普兰对趋势的敏锐度相当高，他也经常尝试创作爵士的节奏与新风格。他知道收音机、留声机，以及电影都创造出欣赏现代音乐的新听众。科普兰于是以简单的音乐来表达美国人的生活经验，并把这些音乐谱为配乐。在这些配乐中比较重要的是根据美国民间故事所编谱的三曲芭蕾：比利小子 (Billy
the Kid，1938) 、罗迪欧 (Rodeo，1942) ，以及阿帕拉契之春 (Appalachian
Spring，1944) 等。这些曲子都得到舞者玛莎．葛蓝姆的共同合作。当科普兰与葛蓝姆一起合作制作芭蕾舞剧的时候，葛蓝姆曾写信给科普兰，她说：「我已经开始做你的音乐了。你写得真是太好了。我已经迷上你的音乐了。」国会图书馆后来委托赞助这项作品的完成，而这个作品也首度登台表演。
Copland was very aware of the trends of his time, experimenting with jazz rhythms and new forms. He realized that radio, phonographs, and film were creating a new audience for modern music. Copland created scores that simplified music and expressed the American experience. Most important of these were the three ballets based on American folk material: Billy the Kid (1938), Rodeo (1942), and Appalachian Spring (1944), which was choreographed and performed by dancer Martha Graham. While Copland and Graham were collaborating on the creation of the ballet, she wrote to him, saying, "I have been working on your music. It is so beautiful and so wonderfully made. I have become obsessed by it." The Library of Congress commissioned the work where it was also performed for the first time.
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