Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Aaron Copland Looking Backward - Proclamation and Midday Thoughts





Leo Smit, Piano

These are listed as the last two pieces by Aaron Copland in the chronological list of his compositions, though each of them have a double date that I believe means either they were composed or started before they were completed or published or revealed or revised.  Proclamation 1973/82 and Midday Thoughts 1944/82.

I think the Ivesian ending of Proclamation is an especially fitting summation of a great American composer's works.

I'm not sure how far I'm going to take this but it could turn into a series.

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