For the latest episode of WNYC’s Fishko Files, a radio show dealing with art and culture, Sara Fishko, the show’s host, tackled an old American classic – Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare For The Common Man” ...

He heard it all in his head: The drum-bursts like distant bombs, and then the somber trumpet fanfare, played seamlessly in unison by three trumpeters. Horns, trombones and tuba joined in a display of ...

This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Aaron Copland's ...

To celebrate spring and provide hope against the coming of the tax man, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) invites the greater Princeton community and internet followers to a free, online video ...

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Among the greatest composers America has produced, Copland developed a spare, open orchestral sound that was used so effectively by himself and others that it has come to be identified with the style ...

Aaron Copland's monumental symphony gave post-war America what it needed - 'the Great American Symphony'. There were many candidates for the "Great American Symphony" by the 1940s (among them Roy ...

It was only natural, some years into his tenure with Cincinnati, that his thoughts should drift to his own conducting legacy with his American band. It was for the 1942 and 1943 seasons that Goossens ...