CW Links
CW14.1 – Going to a Symphony Concert
- Here is a handy guide for first timers at a symphony concert
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CW14.2 – More on Aaron Copland’s Ballets
In the late 1930s and 40s Copland became interested in American folk music and cultivated a compositional style considered to be quintessentially American. The ballets, Billy the Kid (1938), Rodeo (1942), and Appalachian Spring (1943-4) demonstrate Copland’s ability to paint an American portrait through sound. All three ballets have been arranged by the composer as orchestral suites (using the music from the ballet but not meant to be danced to).
- Here is Agnes de Milles’ choreography of the first part of “Rodeo” (this performance is from 1973 with the American Ballet Theater)
- You can also find it by searching “Rodeo scene 1, p. 1 ABT.”
- For more information and to hear a traditional fiddle version of “Bonyparte’s retreat,” go to: Bill Stepp, Aaron Copland, and “Bonaparte’s Retreat
- Go here for a short film that includes interviews with Aaron Copland.
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CW14.3 – Antonio Vivaldi
- Biography
- Vivaldi and La Pieta
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CW14.4 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Boulogne
CW14.5 – Franz Joseph Haydn
- Haydn’s humor
- Haydn’s string quartets
- Biography
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CW14.6 – Niccolò Paganini
- Paganini and popularity
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CW14.7 – Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire
CW14.8 – Hindustani Music
- For more information on Hindustani music
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CW14.9 – Jazz
See the following links for more information on jazz.
- Smithsonian Jazz
http://americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz
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- Library of Concress on jazz
https://www.loc.gov/collections/songs-of-america/articles-and-essays/musical-styles/popular-songs-of-the-day/jazz/
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- Dizzy Gillespie
http://www.newyorkjazzworkshop.com/dizzy-gillespie/
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-dizzy-gillespie-jazz-essentials/
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