| Contents |
I. The man : Early musical training ; Paris and Boulanger ; Repatriation ; Cycle of departures and returns ; Extracurricular activities ; The days of the select audiences ; Appeal to a wider public ; The years of success -- II. The music : The stages of Copland's development ; Copland's economy of means ; The variations as focal point ; Jazz influence ; Declamatory style ; Copland's use of folk music ; The rehabilitation of the triad and Copland's method of chord-building ; The third symphony ; Period of consolidation ; Copland and Hollywood ; Copland's Americanism and influence. |
| Local note | Lightly marked. Stuart Wright Book Collection #139A.4. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-116). |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Wright Coll. copy Purchased from Stuart Wright, 2011 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Berger, Arthur, 1912-2003. Aaron Copland. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press [1971, ©1953] |
| LCCN | 79136055 |
| ISBN | 0837152054 |
| ISBN | 9780837152059 |
