QUESTIONS ABOUT AARON COPLAND

QUESTIONS ABOUT AARON COPLAND

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1.  WRITE FIVE IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT AARON COPLAND AND HIS MUSIC.

2.  WHAT WERE COPLAND’S PARENTS LIKE?

3.  WHERE DID COPLAND STUDY COMPOSITION?

4.  WHAT DID COPLAND THINK WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT OF HIS LIFE?

5.  WHAT DID NADIA BOULANGER DO FOR COPLAND TO HELP HIS CAREER?

6.  WHAT WERE COPLAND’S INFLUENCES IN HIS WRITING OF COMPOSITIONS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE?

7.  WHY DID COPLAND START WRITING SIMPLER, EASIER MUSIC TO LISTEN TO?

8.  HOW DID COPLAND CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF EARLY AMERICA IN LINCOLN PORTRAIT?

9.  HOW DID COPLAND SPEND MUCH OF HIS LATER LIFE?

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AFTER READING THE INFORMATION ABOUT AARON COPLAND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS QUESTION AND ANSWER IT IN THREE PARAGRAPHS, USING AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH AND A CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH.  

WHAT WERE THE ALL THE THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO AARON COPLAND’S SUCCESS AS A MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER?  WHAT DID HE HAVE TO DO, AND WHAT DID OTHERS DO FOR HIM TO HELP HIM ALONG THE WAY?