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Fanfare for the Common Man is a musical work by the American composer Aaron Copland. It was written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under conductor Eugene Goossens and was inspired in part by a speech made earlier that year by then American Vice President Henry A. Wallace, in which Wallace proclaimed the dawning of the "Century of ...
Jun 6, 2017 · The National Symphony Orchestra performs Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man." Copland's fanfare was composed in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra -- one of 18...
Nov 28, 2009 · The awesome Fanfare For the Common Man by Aaron Copland. This fanfare was written on request from Eugene Goossens, conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, in response to the...
Jan 25, 2017 · Provided to YouTube by Sony Classical Fanfare for the Common Man · Aaron Copland · London Symphony Orchestra The Copland Collection ℗ 1971 Sony Music Entertainment Released on:...
Jul 19, 2018 · An enormous New York crowd celebrates VE Day at the end of WWII. Aaron Copland was inspired to write his "Fanfare for the Common Man" by a wartime speech rallying Americans against...
In late August 1942, Eugene Goossens, the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony, wrote to Copland requesting a patriotic fanfare to help with the war effort. Goossens suggested the instrumentation of brass and percussion and length of about two minutes.
Article. "Fanfare for the Common Man" was certainly Copland's best known concert opener. He wrote it in response to a solicitation from Eugene Goosens for a musical tribute honoring those engaged in World War II.
