Copland integrated folk music into many of his orchestral pieces, most famously using “Simple Gifts” in his beautiful “Appalachian Spring,” and several others in “Rodeo.” We’ll learn these traditional tunes and explore how Copland built his compositions around them.
Copland integrated folk music into many of his orchestral pieces, most famously using “Simple Gifts” in his beautiful “Appalachian Spring,” and several others in “Rodeo.” We’ll learn these traditional tunes and explore how Copland built his compositions around them.