Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Score | Orchestral Study Score for Conductors, Students and Classical Music Libraries | Pulitzer Prize-Winning American Ballet Suite Full Score Edition - Softcover
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Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring is one of the most celebrated works in American classical music, presented here as an orchestral study score for conductors, students, composers, and serious listeners. Originally composed in 1943-44 as a ballet for choreographer Martha Graham, this edition reflects the composer’s 1945 orchestral arrangement, a condensed version of the ballet that preserves the work’s essential musical features while focusing on the score itself.
This edition presents the complete orchestral score of Copland’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work, allowing musicians and listeners to follow his orchestration in detail. The score is well suited to study, classroom analysis, rehearsal preparation, or personal exploration of Copland’s writing for orchestra, and it offers a practical reference for anyone building a classical music library centered on twentieth-century repertoire.
Widely admired for its open harmonies, lyrical melodies, and vivid sense of American landscape, Appalachian Spring demonstrates Copland’s mastery of orchestral color and thematic development. Musicians studying the score gain insight into balance, orchestration, and musical storytelling, while conductors and students benefit from examining how the composer shapes pacing, texture, and ensemble interplay throughout the work.
The piece received the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music and the New York Music Critics Circle Award for the most outstanding theatrical work of the season, establishing it as a cornerstone of twentieth-century orchestral literature. This edition offers a reliable reference for libraries, conservatories, orchestral musicians, and collectors of important classical scores.
Whether used for score study, rehearsal preparation, or as part of a classical music library, this edition allows musicians and enthusiasts to experience Copland’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece directly from the orchestral score.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. (Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). "Appalachian Spring" was composed in 1943-44 as a ballet for Miss Martha Graham on a commission from the Elisabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation. It was first performed by Miss Graham and her company at the Coolidge Festival in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., on October 30, 1944. The original scoring called for a chamber ensemble of thirteen instruments. The present arrangement for symphony orchestra was made by the composer in the spring of 1945. It is a condensed version of the ballet, retaining all essential features but omitting those sections in which the interest is primarily choreographic. In 1945 "Appalachian Spring" received the Pulitzer Prize for music as well as the award of the Music Critics Circle of New York for the outstanding theatrical work of the season. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781480342323
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