Appalachian Spring
Americannoun
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“Stage & Screen: From Appalachian Spring to the Red Violin” nods to America’s populist period, featuring works by Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, John Corigliano and Marvin Hamlisch, long associated with the SSO.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2016
There is but one pacifying evergreen, Copland's "Appalachian Spring" Suite, and that comes last.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2016
Bernstein became, of course, the greatest Copland conductor, and his recording of "Appalachian Spring" with the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2015
He wrote it for the dancer Martha Graham and called it "ballet for Martha" until somebody suggested Appalachian Spring, which was a line from a poem.
From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2013
His most successful work in the style, the stately and luminous Appalachian Spring won a Pulitzer Prize and provided an answer to critics who felt he had sold out to popular taste.
From Time Magazine Archive
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