1. By: Tiffany Mattingly

2.  Born on November 14 th, 1900 in Brooklyn, New York.  Died on December 2, 1990 in New York, New York.

3.  The youngest of five children, born to Harris Morris Copland and Sarah Mittenthal Copland.  The family lived above a department store, which they owned.

4.  Copland's father had no musical interest at all but his mother, Sarah Copland, sang and played the piano, and arranged for music lessons for her children.  Laurine had the strongest connection with Aaron, giving him his first piano lessons, promoting his musical education, and supporting him in his musical career

5.  Copland's sister was a big influence on him as a kid, she is one of the many people that got him interested in composing at a young age.

6.  Copland's teacher and mentor Nadia Boulanger was a French composer, conductor and teacher who taught many composers and performers of the 20th century, she was his most important influence.  Another inspiration was jazz. "The impression of jazz one receives in a foreign country is totally unlike the impression of such music heard in one's own country when I heard jazz played in Vienna, it was like hearing it for the first time."

7. Hoedown is one of the movements from the ballet Rodeo.  It was premiered at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City on October 16, 1942

8. Back ground information.. Family influences Aaron Copland packet