USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -While Copland’s earliest musical inclinations as a teenager ran toward Chopin, Debussy, Verdi and the Russian composers, Copland’s teacher and mentor Nadia Boulanger became his most important influence.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rhythmic and melodious, Gershwin’s music fuses popular elements from the American melting-pot: the flattened notes and syncopations of African-American blues and ragtime; Hispanic rhythms; the aching cadences of Hebrew chant.

Detailed explanation-4: -By the 1920s American composers like George Gershwin and Aaron Copland were incorporating the rhythms and blues tonality of jazz into their symphonic works. Gershwin’s 1924 piece, Rhapsody in Blue, is the best-known work from this genre.