Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site olivej.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!oliveb!olivej!greg From: greg@olivej.UUCP (Greg Paley) Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: Re: Anyone out there like Aaron Copland Message-ID: <276@olivej.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 13:51:04 EST Article-I.D.: olivej.276 Posted: Thu Jan 17 13:51:04 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Jan-85 02:01:04 EST References: <389@jett.UUCP> <254@ptsfc.UUCP> Organization: Olivetti ATC, Cupertino, Ca Lines: 16 I've heard chamber works of Copland's that I've found self- consciously "contemporary" - arid and unexpressive. Many of the more popular works I find very beautiful, including "Appalachian Spring", "Rodeo", "Billy the Kid". In my opinion he has also achieved what many have tried and failed to do: write a contemporary American opera in English ("The Tender Land") which actually warrants performance for reasons other than the mere facts that it is contemporary, American, and in English. Actually, I find the text of the opera less than riveting, but, as with such operas as Verdi's "Il Trovatore", the music provides the eloquence and depth to the characters that is not done by the text itself. - Greg Paley