Written in 1943-44 as a ballet for Martha Graham Appalachian Spring is one of Aaron Copland's most celebrated compositions and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1945. In this edition for concert band Robert Longfield has skillfully adapted the most striking and beautiful sections from the orchestral suite. The work ranges in scope from delicate and soloistic to the overpowering force of the full e…

Suite from the opera-Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 717. Copland A

from Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo-Buckaroo Holiday est un des quatre tableaux du célèbre ballet Rodeo du père de la musique américaine Aaron Copland (1900-1990). Écrit en 1942 pour la chorégraphe Agnès de Mille Copland en réalisera une suite pour orchestre autour de quatre épisodes dansés qu?il intitulera Four Dance Episodes. On y retrouve le ton narratif du ballet.Rodeo a pour thème une histoi…

Suite from the film music-This is the Pocket or Study Score for Aaron Copland's The Red Pony which was written in 1948 for the film of the same name.

(Ballet for Martha)-Appalachian Spring was composed in 1943-44 as a ballet for Miss Martha Graham on a commission from the Elisabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation. It was first performed by Miss Graham and her company at the Coolidge Festival in the Library of Congress Washington D.C. on October 30th 1944.

Written on commission from dancer/choreographer Martha Graham the music of Appalachian Spring is at once characteristic of Copland's 'Americana' style of the late 1930s and the 1940s. It was first performed in May of 1945. This is the study score of the full orchestra version.

The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey and Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others.Carefully selected by Iain Farrin…