Copland Quotations

You know, they were returning to the language of the people and trying to use musical language, particularly as Copland did to create a musical language in which all Americans would feel that they had a stake.

Copland was the first important American classical composer to go to work for Hollywood.

Copland was one of the first American composers to forge a truly modern style of American classical music while also making use of American popular music - including jazz.