Appalachian Spring is an American ballet created by the choreographer Martha Graham and the composer Aaron Copland, later arranged as an orchestral work. Commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Copland composed the ballet music for Graham; the original choreography was by Graham, with costumes by Edythe Gilfond and sets by Isamu Noguchi.

Enjoy this extract from Appalachian Spring, by American composer Aaron Copland. In this part of the ballet, a hopeful young Pioneer couple prepare for their wedding day. It's conducted by...

Aaron Copland Conducts Appalachian SpringNational Symphony OrchestraKennedy Center, Washington DCNovember 14, 1980

The great American composer Aaron Copland wrote Appalachian Spring, the last of his three major ballets on American subjects in 1944/45 for the redoubtable dancer and choreographer Martha Graham and her company.

2020年2月10日 · By 1943, Aaron Copland had attained a considerable reputation as a ballet composer with Billy the Kid and Rodeo to his credit. Those works had also helped to establish him as an accessible composer of what many people considered to be the sound of American music, which evokes the vast American landscape and pioneer spirit.

Appalachian Spring, ballet by Aaron Copland, first performed in Washington, D.C., on October 30, 1944. The ballet, which won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1945, contains some of the composer’s most familiar music, particularly his set of variations on the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts.”

2022年7月28日 · Appalachian Spring is one of Copland's best known works. This page outlines the history of the work and attempts to untangle the relationships between its many versions.

Over a handful of decades, Copland's Appalachian Spring went through a series of reworkings, resulting in an often confusing variety of versions. Read on to untangle the history behind one of Copland's most iconic works.

2016年12月19日 · Appalachian Spring, a ballet by Aaron Copland. The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. This is the premier recording of Appalachian Spring, dating from 1945, the year following the ballet's first performance.

2019年9月9日 · When Appalachian Spring was premiered 75 years ago this October, an American classic was born. On October 30, 1944 audiences first heard Aaron Copland’s score, performed as a modern ballet with choreography by Martha Graham.