In a tale as old as ‘boy meets girl’ our cowgirl decides on a change of image, puts on a beautiful dress for the Hoe down, and finally gets her man. Ed.) Aaron Copland PB 1957 Good 7.99 + 3. Ed.) Aaron Copland PB 1957 Good 6.00 + 3.65 shipping VINTAGE WHAT TO LISTEN FOR IN MUSIC (Rev. He, like virtually all the other hands, only has eyes for the Rancher’s daughter. Aaron Copland - What to Listen for in Music Vintage Paperback Book 1957 Sponsored 5.75 Free shipping VINTAGE WHAT TO LISTEN FOR IN MUSIC (Rev. The action centres around Burnt Ranch, where the cowgirl is happy to be just one of the guys, even though she fancies the Head Wrangler. Eventually, she convinced him with her idea of a simple love story set against the backdrop of American ranch life – what she called ‘The Taming of the Shrew – with cowboys!’ The composer wanted to embrace this new audience by moving away from the atonal works he’d composed at the start of the 1930s, towards a simpler but more engaging style.Įven though this change of musical style was immediately successful, Copland wasn’t entirely convinced about writing a second cowboy ballet when the choreographer Agnes de Mille asked him. Copland recognised there was what he called ‘a new public for music’ which had grown up around the popularity of public radio and recordings. Composed in 1942, Rodeo is the second of Copland’s so called ‘cowboy ballets’ the first was Billy the Kid.
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