Aaron+Copland

=Aaron Copland= Aaron Copland, born on November 14 1900, has written a variety of pieces that have an American style. His style includes loud drums and melodies that can be quick or slow. Copland first entered the line of composers on 1918, when he created his first piece of music, 'Night for Voice'. He continued to compose music and conduct up until 1982. Copland's contemporaries include 'In the Beginning', performed by Katherine Bond and the Oxford New College Choir, and conducted by Edward Higginbottom, and many more pieces of music conducted by Higginbottom and the Oxford New College Choir. Two pieces of music by Copland include, 'Fanfare by the Common Man', and 'Hoedown', which is from a larger piece called 'Rodeo'.

__Fanfare for the Common Man__ media type="custom" key="25217892"

__Instrumentation__
 * french horn
 * trumpet
 * tuba
 * tam-tam
 * bass drum

__Structure__ Intro Section A Section A2 Section B Intro Section A3 Section C Section A4 Small fill Section D Outro

Loud bass drum accompanied with tam-tam Instruments become softer at the end of the intro Extended time of silence Loud trumpets amplified by the silence Trumpets playing notes that are close together Playing notes that are sustained Ends Section A with Bass drums Section A2 adds french horns Section B has trumpets and french horns playing The second intro does not get softer at the end Section A3 adds tubas bass drums are played throughout the whole section rather than just at the end Use of instruments where the tuba plays and the trumpet and french horn catch up Section C starts with the three brass instruments going up the notes and stopping on a sustained note They then proceed to go down the notes and stop on a sustained note Section A4 includes the use of just the tubas playing and the other brass instruments catching up Ends this section with a small fill off notes being played that go down in pitch The bass drum acting as a 'copy-cat' and plays with the same duration between notes just moments after the brass instruments play Section D starts with the most dramatic tune in the whole piece Has the only part in the song where the notes are cut short Ends with a loud crash of the tam-tam behind the sound of held notes by the brass instruments Outro includes the brass instruments playing sustained notes and ends the song with a rolling of bass drums

__Hoedown__ media type="custom" key="25263986"

__Instrumentation__
 * piano
 * piccolo
 * flute
 * oboe
 * clarinet
 * bass clarinet
 * bassoon
 * french horn
 * trumpet
 * trombone
 * bass trombone
 * tuba
 * timpani
 * percussion
 * violin
 * viola
 * cello

__Structure__ Section A Section B Section A Section C Section E Section F Section E Section G Section E Small Fill Section H Section I Section J Pause Section C Small Fill 2 Section E Section G Section E Outro

Section A starts with a loud burst of brass instruments The brass instruments are playing quickly and the strings are playing slowly Includes a rolling of the snare drum throughout the whole section Section B is slightly softer then Section A Now all the instruments are playing quickly but not as exciting in the way that they play Section C includes just strings and percussion The use of percussion is similar to a horse galloping The bass clarinet plays louder than the rest of the instruments and stands out Section E is loud and has the strings playing very quickly This Section has a xylophone playing that acts as the melody Section F is played with the strings playing quick high pitch notes and the brass instruments playing low sustained notes Section G has the just the strings playing softly, then it swaps to just the brass instruments playing softly, then they play together and play very loud Then has a small fill that plays the last section od Section E It gets louder and louder, then quickly becomes soft Section H has the brass playing and the bass and snare drum cut them off repeatedly A quick string melody accompanied by a low brass tune One section has very few instruments being played Then plays the beginning of Section H Section I includes a high pitch string tune and a triumphant brass tune A loud tuba is played and causes the strings to play a very quick melody and the rest of the brass instruments to play a smooth 'up down' pattern of notes Section J is played with trumpets and a snare drum playing making this section sound military like Short stop while the audience clap Repeated Section C Another small fill where Section C becomes lower in pitch and becomes slower in tempo Much emphasis is put on the low sounds of the brass instruments The small fill ends with all the instruments holding a note together A beautiful string harmonization can be heard A repeated Section E played very loud and then brought back to semi-loud A repeated Section G, played softly at the start, than very loud with a fast hits on the triangle The last Section E is played but cut short and straight into the outro The Outro has the triangle being played every beat The orchestra gets louder as the high hat is hit faster and faster All the instruments play a note that is played over and over simultaneously with everyone else Ends the piece with three low loud plays of the orchestra in sync with the bass drum