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Radio 3,61 mins

SeriesAaron Copland (1900-1990)

Aaron Copland

Composer of the Week

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Aaron Copland is the composer who, more than any other, defined the sound of American classical music. Copland's life spanned every decade of the 20th Century, and this week Donald Macleod explores the composer's life and music against the background of the events of that Century.

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