USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Aaron Copland was a versatile composer writing for almost every genre but is best known for creating a uniquely American sound in orchestral music.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aaron Copland’s American Vision Commentator Rob Kapilow explains how Copland’s pure, American sound springs from two simple chords that open the ballet Appalachian Spring. Stacked upon each other, the chords reveal a sound like all of America, like the purest values, and like Shaker simplicity.

Detailed explanation-3: -George Gershwin is responsible for creating one of the most original musical languages in the history of the art form. With his Rhapsody in Blue, he brought two competing genres of music together, creating something that lived in a world between jazz and classical.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aaron Copland was one of the most respected American classical composers of the twentieth century. By incorporating popular forms of American music such as jazz and folk into his compositions, he created pieces both exceptional and innovative.