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...Boston Symphony's Serge Koussevitzky hurried offstage, excitedly kissed several dowagers who had come up to congratulate him. He had just conducted the world premiere of Aaron Copland's Third Symphony. Said he: "There is no doubt about it-this is the greatest American symphony. It goes from the heart to the heart. He is the greatest American composer. Of course...
...same auditorium 19 years ago Dr. Koussevitzky had led the first performance of Brooklyn-born Aaron Copland's raucous Jazz Concerto. On that evening Bostonians had hissed; some had laughed out loud; some had accused Dr. Koussevitzky of insulting them.* In those days, Aaron Copland was the kind of cacophonous enfant terrible in the U.S. that Igor Stravinsky had once been in Paris. If audiences were no longer disturbed by these terrible children, it was for different reasons. Igor Stravinsky had waited for the public ear to become attuned to his jazzy dissonances. Aaron Copland had modified his harmonies...
...year-old Copland could be considered the top U.S. composer, the small stature of his colleagues had something to do with it. His technical competence far outshone his inventiveness. His first popular success, El Salon Mexico (1936), was full of Mexican folk tunes. He borrowed folk and hymn themes for his ballet scores (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring) and his movie music (Our Town). The Third Symphony, which Boston heard last week, varied from tenderness to brassy choirs which led a Boston Post critic to call it "Shostakovich in the Appalachians...
Boston Symphony--Koussevitzky premieres Aaron Copland's Third Symphony Friday afternoon and Saturday evening, with Erica Morini adding to Tschaikowsky Violin Concerto and Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegel" concluding the program...
...following night will feature a choral concert performed by the Collegiate Choralo of New York, with Robert Shaw as conductor. Paul Hindemith has been secured to write a composition for chorus and brass instruments, with offerings at the same time by Asron Copland and Francisco Malipiere...