For the latest episode of WNYC’s Fishko Files, a radio show dealing with art and culture, Sara Fishko, the show’s host, tackled an old American classic – Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare For The Common Man” ...

He heard it all in his head: The drum-bursts like distant bombs, and then the somber trumpet fanfare, played seamlessly in unison by three trumpeters. Horns, trombones and tuba joined in a display of ...

Among the greatest composers America has produced, Copland developed a spare, open orchestral sound that was used so effectively by himself and others that it has come to be identified with the style ...

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Aaron Copland‘s “Fanfare for the Common Man” begins with dramatic percussion, heralding something big and exciting. Then comes a ladder of simple trumpet notes, solemn and heroic. The whole piece ...

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And finally today, we're going to revisit a story from NPR's American Anthems series. You hear the word anthem, and you think of something big - something that unites listeners, a celebration - but ...

Copland returned, too late for the season opening, with a fanfare that honoured not soldiers but ordinary civilians. On 12 March, it will be eighty years since ‘ Fanfare for the Common Man’ received ...

On Tuesday, May 26, 1953, Aaron Copland appeared as a witness before the Senate committee headed by Joseph McCarthy. Summoned because of his past relationship with the American government—he served as ...