Copland

American  

[kohp-luhnd] / ˈkoʊp lənd /

noun

1. Aaron, 1900–90, U.S. composer.

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Copland British  

/ ˈkəʊplənd /

noun

1. Aaron. 1900–90, US composer of orchestral and chamber music, ballets, and film music

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Example Sentences

If the Shakers have a lasting cultural legacy, it is their music — most famously “Simple Gifts,” the uplifting spiritual Aaron Copland immortalized in his ballet “Appalachian Spring.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Copland is director of legal policy for the Manhattan Institute and a member of the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee.

From The Wall Street Journal

Neither conversation nor music provides much of a distraction — he will talk right over his beloved Aaron Copland, never mind me.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s packed with ideas from all over the American songbook — Aaron Copland and western folk, run through with Wilson’s own cracked impressionist view of life on the rails.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet the venue — which has hosted the Beatles, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Aaron Copland — wasn’t their beloved Stadium by the Sea, long the site of commencement ceremonies.

From Los Angeles Times