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American composer
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Professor of Music, Queens College, City University of New York, 1938–73. Author of The Enjoyment of Music and others.
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Aaron Copland (born November 14, 1900, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died December 2, 1990, North Tarrytown [now Sleepy Hollow], New York) was an American composer who achieved a distinctive musical characterization of American themes in an expressive modern style. Copland, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, was born in New York City and attended public schools there. An older sister taught him to play the piano, and by the time he was 15 he had decided to...

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