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"Fanfare for the Common Man" to "From Sorcery to Science" (8 works)
- Fanfare for the Common Man
- Form: Brass and percussion
- Date: 1942
- First performance: 12 March 1943. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, cond. Eugene Goossens
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Date of publication: 1944
- Timing: 2'
- Notes: used as introduction to the finale of the Third Symphony
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- Five Kings
- Form: Incidental music for play
- Date: 1939
- Text: Shakespeare's chronicle plays, adapted by Orson Welles
- First performance: 27 February 1939. Boston. Mercury Theter, dir. Orson Welles
- Publisher: Unpublished
- Notes: for five instruments
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- Letter from Aaron Copland to Nicolas Slonimsky, August 12, 1960.
- Letter from Aaron Copland to Nadia Boulanger, November 25, 1953.
- Letter from Aaron Copland to Carlos Chávez, December 15, 1953.
- Letter from Aaron Copland to William Strickland, March 25, 1954.
- Letter from Aaron Copland to Carlos Chávez, April 5, 1954.
- Letter from Aaron Copland to Nadia Boulanger, June 15, 1954.
- Letter from Aaron Copland to Carlos Chávez, August 17, 1954.
- Letter from Aaron Copland to Irving and Verna Fine, September 9, 1952.
- Letter from Aaron Copland to Irving and Verna Fine, September 11, 1953.
- Letter from Aaron Copland to Verna Fine, February 11, 1954.
- Five sentimental melodies
- Form: Piano
- Date: 1926
- Publisher: Unpublished as a suite
- Publisher: Unpublished as a suite
- Notes: "Blues no. 1" was published as Sentimental Melody (Slow Dance) "Blues no. 2" became the fourth of the Four piano blues
- Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
- Form: Orchestra
- Date: 1942
- First performance: 28 May 1943. Boston Pops Orchestra, cond. Arthur Fiedler
- Publisher: Hawkes & Son
- Date of publication: 1946
- Timing: 18'
- Contents: I. Buckaroo Holiday II. Corral Nocturne III. Saturday Night Waltz IV. Hoe-Down
- Notes: for further correspondence see the ballet Rodeo
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- Four Early Songs
- Principle medium: Song
- Other medium: Piano
- Date: 1918
- Text: I.-III.: Aaron Schaffer. IV. E. Powys Mathers, from the Arabic
- First performance: I.-III.: 9 November 1986. Austin, Texas. Darlene Wiley, voice; David Garvey, piano. IV. 4 December, 1985. New York. Jan DeGaetani, voice; Gilbert Kalish, piano
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Date of publication: 1989
- Songs: I. Night II. A Summer Vacation III. My Heart is in the East IV. Alone
- Four Motets
- Form: Unaccompanied mixed chorus
- Date: 1921
- Text: "from Biblical sources"
- First performance: Autumn 1924. Paris-American-Gargenville Chorus, cond. Melville Smith
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Date of publication: 1979
- Timing: 13'
- Contents: I. Help Us, O Lord II. Thou, O Jehovah, Abideth Forever III. Have Mercy on Us, O My Lord IV. Sing Ye Praises To Our King
- Notes: the texts are credited as being from "Biblical sources," but it seems more likely that they are Copland's own texts in imitation of Old-Testament language. (The fourth word of the second text should, after all, be "abidest".)
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- Four Piano Blues
- Date: 1926-1948
- First performance: 13 March 1950. New York. Leo Smit, paino
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Date of publication: 1949
- Timing: 8'
- Dedication: I. "For Leo Smit." II. "For Andor Foldes." III. "For William Kapell." IV. "For John Kirkpatrick."
- Contents: I. Freely poetic II. Soft and languid III. Muted and sensuous IV. With bounce
- Notes: the dates of the four pieces are 1947, 1934, 1948, and 1926 respectively. The second is a reworking of music from Hear Ye! Hear Ye!. The fourth was originally a part of the unpublished piano suite Five Sentimental Melodies
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- From Sorcery to Science
- Form: Incidental music
- First performance: New York World's Fair, 1939. Pickup orchestra (conducted by Copland?); Lowell Thomas, narrator. First live performance: 2 February 1998. New York. Eos Orchestra, cond. Jonathan Sheffer
- Publisher: Unpublished
- Notes: performed as recorded music accompanying a puppet show by Remo Bufano