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Composer of the month
Aaron Copland
1900-1990
Appalachian Spring
(conducted by Leonard Bernstein)
Rodeo
00:00 1. Buckaroo Holiday
08:11 2. Corral Nocturne
15:35 3. Saturday Night Waltz
21:03 4. Hoe-Down
Bonaparte’s Retreat
One of the movements in Rodeo – Hoe-Down is based on two traditional fiddle tunes: Bonaparte’s Retreat and Miss McLeod’s Reel. Listen to the Hoe-Down movement (above at minute 21:03) and then listen to the two fiddle tunes.
Miss McLeod’s Reel
Can you hear these tunes being played by the orchestra in Hoe-Down?
The Heiress
El Salon Mexico, an early work influenced by Copland’s travels in Mexico
(conducted by Leonard Bernstein)
The Young Pioneers
Sunday Afternoon Music
Down a Country Lane
Outdoor Overture
Leonard Bernstein
1918-1990
Tonight from West Side Story
Orchestral Overture for West Side Story
Bernstein as a conductor in 1989 (Candide Overture)
Part of a televised Young People’s Concert from 1958
Scott Joplin and Ragtime
The Entertainer (on a piano roll)
Maple Leaf Rag
Pineapple Rag
Solace – a different style of work by Joplin
Player Pianos
How a player piano works (The Entertainer)
More Player Piano (William Tell Overture)
National Anthems
The Star-Spangled Banner (US)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (not an anthem but a patriotic song from the time of the Revolutionary War.)
God Save the Queen (UK)
O Canada (English version)