Aaron Copland’s Death – Cause and Date

The composer Aaron Copland died at the age of 90. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Populist composer credited with developing the American style of composition. He was known as the Dean of American Composers.

He kept his homosexual orientation private, as well as his relationships with photographer Victor Kraft, artist Alvin Ross, pianist Paul Moor, dancer Erik Johns, and composer John Brodbin Kennedy.

Quotes

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“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.” (Aaron Copland)

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“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, ‘Is there a meaning to music?’ My answer would be, ‘Yes.’ And ‘Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?’ My answer to that would be, ‘No.'” (Aaron Copland)

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“Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn’t know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.” (Aaron Copland)

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“You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down… some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.” (Aaron Copland)

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“A melody is not merely something you can hum.” (Aaron Copland)