Having a lazy Fourth? Enjoy these portraits (and snapshots) of the “Dean of American Composers,” Aaron Copland!
Copland assists Leonard Bernstein in a demo record of music from Bernstein’s “Fancy Free” (for Jerome Robbins):
Rare home movies of Copland on a wintry day in New York City in 1938:
Documentary, “Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait”:
PHOTO: Copland portrait by Gordon Parks
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