Cop·land

(kōp′lənd), Aaron 1900-1990.

American composer whose works include the ballets Rodeo (1942) and Appalachian Spring (1944), which won a Pulitzer Prize.

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Copland

(ˈkəʊplənd)

(Biography) Aaron. 1900–90, US composer of orchestral and chamber music, ballets, and film music

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Cop•land

(ˈkoʊp lənd)

n.

Aaron, 1900–90, U.S. composer.

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Jordan Copland has joined symplr as Chief Financial Officer and Brian Fugere has joined as Chief Marketing Officer, effective immediately.

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Christopher Copland, 40, is said to have raided an ASDA store on December 14 last year.

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Clarinetist Andrew Constantino delivered an exemplary graduation recital with his electrifying rendition of Copland's seldom heard Clarinet Concerto at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Museum of Arts and Sciences on May 7.

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The man, who is said to be in his 30s, was found with serious chest injuries in Copland Place shortly after 11pm.

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Louis Goldsack found space midway inside the visitors' half and waltzed past two challenges before firing a low drive straight at Penrith keeper Gareth Copland.

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Jordan Copland, of Rylands Road, pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting Ewan Linn, David Linn and Frankie Linn in Kirk Street, Dunblane, on December 25.

Man (22) denies Xmas Day attacks

Since the 1940s, there have been numerous arrangements of "Simple Gifts." The arrangements by Aaron Copland have been the most often performed.

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Twenty-five years ago American music lost two of its most renowned figures: Aaron Copland (1900-1990) and his protege of sorts, Leonard Bernstein (1918-90).

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Marjorie Harper's long-awaited authorised biography of Douglas Copland (1894-- 1971) provides for the first time an integrated picture of his multitudinous activities.

Marjorie Harper. Douglas Copland: Scholar, Economist, Diplomat