1. Aaron Copland
By: Alexis Choi, Rina Dirickson, Ellie Hikima, Kent Hikima, Jennifer Lee, William Liu, Abigail Nho
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2. Aaron Copland Quick Facts
Born: November 14, 1900
Died: December 2, 1990
was a renown composer, writer, and conductor
Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as "the Dean of American Composers."

4. Did You Know... had 4 siblings
kept his private life to himself, and lived on and off with the photographer Victor Kraft in the 1930s.
was the first American composer to serve as Harvard's Norton Professor of Poetics in  
He was gay
decided to be a composer at age 15
age 12: learned to play the piano from his sister
was an Oscar-winning writer of film scores
won Pulitzer Prize and 6 others awards

5. Compositions Hoe Down Appalachian Spring Inscape (Copland) Quiet City
Midsummer Nocturne
Lincoln Portrait
An Outdoor Overture
Rodeo
Fanfare of the Common Man
The Tender Land
Billy the Kid

6. Childhood Born: November 14, 1900; Brooklyn, New York
Youngest of five children
Studied w/ Leopold Wolfsohn (4 years) and Rubin Goldmark 
Started composition at age 8
Composed first notated music for an opera scenario at age 11

7. Middle Life
Was concerned about making music that would be seen as American
Wrote books as well as making compositions
Composed for films, such as "Of Mice and Men", "Our Town, The North Star, which he won Oscars for, he also composed for The Heiress and Something Wild
1964: awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 

8. LATE LIFE
Aaron Copland spent his later life in New York area and engaging in cultural missions. His final his last symphony in 1983. Aaron Copland died New York City on December 2, 1990, at the age of 90. He was remembered as a man who encouraged young composers to find their own voice, no matter the style, just as he had done for sixty years.

9. Links to His Compositions
Hoe Down
Appalachian Spring
Inscape
An Outdoor Adventure

10. Quotes