COPLAND A.-Album de Piezas para Contrabajo

Aaron Copland's music is characteristically and recognisably American. Copland's untiring efforts to ensure that his works would speak to the average citizen as well as to his fellow artists made him one of the most honored cultural figures in United States history. Among countless awards adn honors, Copland received the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This exciting series of arrangements offers soloists the opportunity to experience some of Copland's pioneering musical achievements in the establishment of a uniquely American idiom.
The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grades 4 & 6).

Content

- Billy and His Sweetheart from Billy the Kid
- Ching-a-Ring Chaw from Old American Songs, Set 2
- Dirge in the Woods
- Fanfare for the Common Man
- Going to Heaven! from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickenson
- I Bought me a Cat from Old American Songs, Set 1
- I've Heard an Organ Talk Sometimes from Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickson
- Laurie's Song from The Tender Land opera
- Simple Gifts from Old American Songs, Set 1
- The Little Horses from Old American Songs, Set 2
- Vieux Poeme
- Zion's Wall from Old American Songs, Set 2