Aaron Copland Essays

Have you ever wondered who Aaron Copland is? Aaron was a
famous classical composer from the twentieth century. He was born in
Brooklyn, New York 1900. He died in Sleepy Hollow, New York
December 2nd 1990. Have you ever wondered what contributed to
Aaron Copland’s success as a musician and composer? In this essay you
will learn all about him and his interesting life. If you do know who he is
you probably would know that he was a famous composer, but you
should still read this essay because you probably would find out new
and cool interesting facts. Some of those cool interesting facts are
going to be about Aaron and his life, his compositions, and his
inspirations. So read on!
These are some ways Aaron contributed to success. One way is
that when Aaron turned fifteen he decided not to go to college so, he
saved up his money to go to Paris by helping out his dad at his store,
having a part time as a Wall Street Runner,as well as an allowance. My
second fact is that Aaron Copland was the youngest of his siblings.
Aaron has four siblings so he was the fifth. Aaron Copland was born in
Brooklyn, New York in 1900 and that his parents were both immigrants
from Russia. Aaron was the first student who was accepted to a school
call Fontainebleau which was near Paris specifically for American
musicians. Another fact is that Aaron won a scholarship in 1921 and
headed off to France. When Copland was eleven, he wrote his first
notated melody, seven bars of an opera he called Zenatello. There are
many more ways, but these are just a few.
Some ways to success about Aaron’s compositions is that Copland
spent three years in Paris studying with composition teacher Nadia
Boulanger. Aaron also studied composition in Fontainebleau Paris. Aaron
made many compositions. He even was a composition teacher for a few
years.
Some inspirations that leaded to Aaron success were Nadia
Boulanger. Nadia Boulanger was a big inspiration to Aaron because she
is the one who taught Aaron for about a few years. Aaron was not
skeptical about studying with a woman, but found that he very much
liked her. Another inspiration was his parents and Fontainebleau which
was his school.
Many things inspired Aaron Copland, some things that he was
working towards, and some things that were given to him. I actually can
relate to this when I was in third grade I started softball. I could not
catch the ball or hit I usually either striked out, hit the ball and got
out, or I got a walk, but I never gave up. Now that I am in fifth grade I
made the majors and I can hit the ball/catch the ball.