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¶ … music of Ives, Copland, Angier, and Reich reflect an American sound? Does one sound more American than another or do you connect with one more than another? Which one, why?
The definition of a quintessentially American sound often is based on the music's inspiration. For example, Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring is often called the archetypical American work of song, blending folk dances and sounds of the American mountain region into a ballet that is both classical and primeval all at once. However, according to Copland when he elaborated on his creative process: "I can't tell you how many times people have said to me after seeing the ballet, 'When I see that ballet I can just see the Appalachians and hear your music and feel spring.' Neither of which I knew anything about when I was writing the score" (Thomas, "Copeland). The recurring motif of the work is both simple and straightforward as an American pastoral, even though the tunes were not of Copland's own, personal tradition or experience in America. His Fanfare for the Common Man is likewise both simple yet haunting in its celebration of the American spirit and accessible to the 'common' listeners it attempted to celebrate. But it should be noted...
American music is thus of the land and of the American people yet also willing to incorporate other works of world music into its fold.
Charles Ives likewise combined images of the American popular imagination into his modern orchestral works: "Two works from the second decade of the century can stand for the method and achievement of Ives's maturity. His Decoration Day, the second of the Holidays, pictures an event Ives observed throughout his childhood on the holiday now called Memorial Day" when 'taps' was played (Swafford, "Charles Edward Ives"). Ives elevated this humble scene into a composition that still stayed true to the original image.
The American composer Steve Reich, although of the latter rather than the earlier 20th century, similarly blended snippets of 'real life' into this works, although he took a far more radical approach than any of his predecessors. Of his style, Ives has said: "it's a feeling for documentary material as raw material for music. And it's a very old idea. The glockenspiel is, basically, western…
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