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Thread #96404 Message #1886750
Posted By: mrdux
17-Nov-06 - 12:47 AM
Thread Name: Aaron Copland's birthday (14 November 1900)
Subject: RE: Aaron Copland's birthday (14 November 1900)
Copland's settings of Old American Songs (two sets of five songs each -- some folk songs, minstrel songs, hymn tunes. . .) are a must listen. Try the premier recording by William Warfield and Copland at the piano (early '50s), or the version Copland orchestrated sung by Thomas Hampson about ten years ago.