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| Charles Ives Society | ||
| This Web site offers a good biography on this American composer, along with a list of compositions and some great photos. ( http://www.charlesives.org ) | ||
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| A Charles Ives Website | ||
| This site includes details on individual compositions, a biographical sketch, photos, and information on current performances and recordings of Ives's music. ( http://www.musicweb-international.com/Ives/index.htm ) | ||
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| I Hear America Singing: Charles Ives | ||
| This PBS Web site includes a biographical sketch on Ives as well as two sound files of his songs with piano accompaniment. ( http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/composer/ives.html ) | ||
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| Charles Ives String Quartet | ||
| On this Art of the States Web site you can hear a wonderful, complete performance of the Ives String Quartet no. 1 by the Concord String Quartet. A complete performance of his Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos can also be found on the same site. ( http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=143 ) | ||
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| Aaron Copland Sextet | ||
| This site offers a great and complete performance of Copland's Sextet along with biographical information. ( http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=88 ) | ||
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| The Aaron Copland Collection | ||
| This Library of Congress site offers a unique look at manuscript pages from many Copland works, along with copies of original letters, photographs, a list of works, and an informative timeline. ( http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/achtml/achome.html ) | ||
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| Copland Interviews | ||
| This BBC site offers the opportunity to hear sound files of a Copland interview discussing the influence of jazz in his music as well as topics such as electronic music, film scoring, and more. ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/coplanda1.shtml ) | ||
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| Kennedy Center Copland | ||
| This Kennedy Center site offers video presentations on Copland's Symphony No. 3, Outdoor Overture, and Rodeo along with a biographical sketch. ( http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity... ) | ||
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| NPR Copland Interviews | ||
| This wonderful NPR site offers several complete interviews of Aaron Copland speaking about his Lincoln Portrait, Short Symphony, The Tender Land, and other works with lots of accompanying music performances as well. ( http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4157801 ) | ||
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| Martha Graham Dance | ||
| Take a moment to look at this stunning site of the Martha Graham Dance Company, the famous genesis for many of Copland's great ballet compositions. ( http://www.marthagrahamdance.org/ ) | ||
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| Tanglewood Music Center | ||
| This summer music extravaganza is the place where Copland spent so much time training the composers and conductors, including Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa. ( http://www.bso.org/armsOfBSO.jhtml;jsessionid=KDXZYJITNN4D3LA2DKECFEQ?catName=Tanglewood&... ) | ||
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