Letter from Aaron Copland to Serge Koussevitzky, undated.
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Letter from Aaron Copland, 1978.
statement on the death of Carlos Chávez
Letter from Aaron Copland to Serge Koussevitzky, November 14, 1930.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Nadia Boulanger, December 6, 1978.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Natalie Koussevitzky, April 25, 1930.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Serge Koussevitzky, December 17, 1936.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Oliver Strunk, March 21, 1937.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Carlos Chávez, September 1937.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Serge Koussevitzky, April 25, 1937.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, 1938
excerpt: "Alex North says your much too good for so menial a job as is open at Bennington." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, 1938
excerpt: "...be sure to learn a lot about counterpoint first. No one can beat Piston at that...I saw M. Blitzstein...so why not write him directly and say you're the pianist I mentioned..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, January 5, 19...
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Olga Naoumoff, October 7, 1938.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Serge Koussevitzky, March 4, 1938.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, August 1938
excerpt: "...I met at least one new and talented composer in London, Benjamin Britten...working at top speed on a new cowboy ballet for the Ballet Caravan outfit." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, October 1938
excerpt: "I'll try to reach Blitzstein before I call you to get the dope from him. But what makes you think he controls the fee?" From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, May 21, 1938
excerpt: "I wish you'd come down to Princeton on Friday the 27th. Walter P__ and I are having a program at 4...and Roy Harris is being performer that night." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Natalie Koussevitzky or Olga Naoumoff, Ma...
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, 1939
excerpt: "Will you listen in to the broadcasts and tell me what's wrong with them?/Benjamin Britten arrives to-night!" From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Carlos Chávez, June 20, 1939.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, 1939
excerpt: "...you arouse a long dead messianic complex in me. Do you mind being saved?...I see the beginning and end of the first movement but not the middle." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky, January 1...
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, October 18, 1939
excerpt: "I'm tickled that they are taking such good care of you at Curtis." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Serge Koussevitzky, October 18, 1939.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, September 19, 1940
excerpt: "...what have you decided to do about the winter?" From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, January 1940
excerpt: "Watch out for Mice & Men in Philadelphia. You're probably the only one alive who will hear the background music I wrote. 40 minutes of it." From: Correspondence Series
[ Letter from Martha Graham to Aaron Copland, May 16, 1943]
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[ Telegram from Martha Graham to Aaron Copland, n.d., 1943]
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Serge Koussevitzky, December 16, 1940.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, 1940
excerpt: "I plan to see Koussie before I go and will talk to him about you." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, April 1941
excerpt: "You would like the Britten--you old romanticist you. But I agree. It's definitely got something--and the second movement orchestration is phenomenal...I tried to get you a job playing the piano part... more
Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, October 25, 1941
excerpt: "Finished the Sonata! Played the world premiere in B.A. Slonimsky was there. Musicians said nice things." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, 1941
excerpt: "Heinshimer says Koss is doing Quiet City this week...If true, please tell him that there is a terrible mistake in the printed score at No. 7..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Andre (?), September 3, 1942
excerpt: "In twenty years I have not met a young musician with more natural ability and real flair. His fort, as you know is conducting. I have heard Koussevitzky repeatedly say the most enthusiastic things o... more
Letter from Aaron Copland to Harold Spivacke, September 17, 1942.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, 1942
excerpt: "We [Camargo Guanieri and I] are playing a Birthday Piece (on Cuban Themes) at Town Hall together on Dec. 9th. It's not written yet, but then..." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, 1942
excerpt: "I'm writing a ballet -- very frothy one -- for the Monte Carlo people." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Jacobo Ficher, May 24, 1942.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, 1942
excerpt: "Hurrah for you!" From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, February 17, 1943
excerpt: "A thousand thanks for everything and best of luck" From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, September 4, 1943
excerpt: "Marvelous news just finishing my last ten thousand notes will be coming home end of this month..." From: Correspondence Series
[ Letter from Martha Graham to Aaron Copland, July 22, 1943]
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Letter from Aaron Copland to William Strickland, June 11, 1943.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, September 14, 1943
excerpt: "It's all too wonderful!...I keep wondering what you will think of the score for North Star...I even had my first chance at a bang-up battle sequence....Of course I was jealous when I read Piston and T... more
Letter from Aaron Copland to Harold Spivacke, August 30, 1943.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Harold Spivacke, October 20, 1943.
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[ Letter from Martha Graham to Aaron Copland, August 19, 1943]
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Louis Kaufman, December 8, 1943.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Harold Spivacke, April 13, 1943.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Serge Koussevitzky, November 9, 1944.
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[ Letter from Martha Graham to Aaron Copland, August 5, 1944]
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Leonard Bernstein, July 18, 1944
excerpt: "Having wonderful time. We are wind & sunburned & almost there." From: Correspondence Series
Letter from Aaron Copland to Carlos Chávez, March 28, 1944.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Harold Spivacke, January 31, 1944.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Olga Naoumoff, February 26, 1944.
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Letter from Aaron Copland to Nadia Boulanger, November 17, 1944.
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