작곡가

:   Aaron Copland (아론 코플런드)

장르

:  

Orchestral

스타일

:  

Ballet

작곡년도

:   1945

출판년도

:   1945

초연

:   May 1945

평균연주

:   25:08

악장

1

Very Slowly

3:02

2

Allegro

2:52

3

Moderato (The Bride & Her Intended)

3:33

4

Fast (The Revivalist & His Flock)

3:38

5

Subito Allegro (Solo Dance of the Bride)

3:25

6

As at first (Slowly)

1:49

7

Doppio movimento (Variations on a Shaker Hymn; Simple Gifts)

2:53

8

Moderato - Coda

3:16

Appalachian Spring is a composition by Aaron Copland that premiered in 1944 and has achieved widespread and enduring popularity as an orchestral suite. The ballet, scored for a thirteen-member chamber orchestra, was created upon commission of choreographer and dancer Martha Graham (1894–1991) with funds from the Coolidge Foundation. It premiered on Monday, 30 October 1944 at the Library of Congress in Washington DC, with Martha Graham dancing the lead role. The set was designed by the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988). Copland was awarded the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his achievement.
In 1942, Martha Graham and Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge commissioned Copland to write a ballet with "an American theme". Copland did the bulk of the work in 1943/44, and the work was premiered at the Library of Congress on Oct. 30, 1944, with Graham dancing the lead role. In 1945, Copland was commissioned by conductor Artur Rodzinski to rearrange the ballet as an orchestral suite, preserving most of the music. Copland cut about 10 minutes from the original 13-instrument score to make the suite. From the preface in the original Boosey & Hawkes publication of the suite:

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