Copland, Aaron

A twentieth-century composer noted for the American settings of many of his pieces. Some of his best-known works are the ballets Appalachian Spring , Billy the Kid , and Rodeo ; he has also written chamber music , symphonies , and music for films.

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What did he write to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, to Boris Pasternak, to Stephen Sondheim, to Aaron Copland?

For that matter, Aaron Copland is the only classical composer on the list.

By those standards, Franz Kafka is an unscrupulous plagiarist as is Aaron Copland and every jazz great.

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