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Originally Posted by zedius
No, I seriously don't know who Aaron Copland is. Why is that so surprising? I know a lot about a lot of music, but only so far as the different veins lead me. Nothing has led me to Aaron Copland yet.
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well jokes aside he's an american classical composer from the 20th century who took some traditional american motifs & blended them into his compositions including i think some operas?
at some point in the 70s emerson lake & palmer did a flashy, bloated, virtuoso version of "hoedown" (from copland's suite "rodeo", what robinstigator played)-- you've heard that (as 56 pointed out) in the "it's what for dinner" beef commercial. let's see if i can find you a clip...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-p...263787-6847350
anyway that's certainly not his best shit. i much prefer "appalachian spring". check it out sometime.