TY - BOOK ID - 77868422 TI - The selected correspondence of Aaron Copland AU - Copland, Aaron AU - Crist, Elizabeth Bergman AU - Shirley, Wayne D PY - 2006 SN - 128172291X 9786611722913 0300133472 9780300133479 0300111215 9780300111217 9780300111217 0300111215 9781281722911 6611722912 PB - New Haven [Conn.] Yale University Press DB - UniCat KW - Composers KW - Copland, Aaron, KW - Kopland, Aaron, KW - Koplend, Aaron, KW - Копланд, Аарон, KW - コープランド, アーロン, KW - Kōpurando, Āron, KW - Kūpland, Ārūn, KW - کوپلند، آرون KW - Copland, Aron, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77868422 AB - This is the first book devoted to the correspondence of composer Aaron Copland, covering his life from age eight to eighty-seven. The chronologically arranged collection includes letters to many significant figures in American twentieth-century music as well as Copland's friends, family, teachers, and colleagues. Selected for readability, interest, and the light they cast upon the composer's thoughts and career, the letters are carefully annotated and each published in its entirety.Copland was a gifted and natural letter writer who revealed much more about himself in his letters than in formal writings in which he was conscious of his position as spokesman for modern music. The collected letters offer insights into his music, personality, and ideas, along with fascinating glimpses into the lives of such other well-known musicians as Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Chávez, William Schuman, and Virgil Thomson. ER -