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Appalachian Spring

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noun

  1. a dance (1944) choreographed by Martha Graham, with musical score by Aaron Copland.


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The concert ended with the original chamber score of Copland's "Appalachian Spring."

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2018

Phil orchestra had played the suite from Copland's classic ballet score, "Appalachian Spring," which premiered the same year as "Fancy Free."

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2015

Ives's Three Places in New England, Copland's Appalachian Spring, Adams's Short Ride in a Fast Machine or Doctor Atomic reflect the idyll and danger, the old America and the new, implicit in Obama's speech.

From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2013

In a short talk before the program, Adams recalled seeing Aaron Copland conduct "Appalachian Spring" at Tanglewood as a boy and later hearing Leonard Bernstein lead orchestras through his own work.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2012

In it, Copland returns to the comparatively simple harmonic and melodic world of Appalachian Spring, though the piece is far from simple to play.

From Time Magazine Archive