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He learned as much as he could in New York before attending a music school in Paris. Purchase a print. Aaron Copland (/ ˈkoʊplənd / KOHP-lənd; [1][2] November 14, – December 2, ) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist, and conductor of his own and other American music.

From Copland to Corelli, we celebrate some of the greatest LGBTQ+ composers in classical music history. So in the mid 30s and 40s, he began composing more accessible and populist music for the ballet and orchestra, creating some of his best-loved work which is now considered the archetype of American composition.

Brian Epstein Reed Erickson E. Copland kept his personal life very private, and though he had affairs with various male artists, musicians, and dancers over the years, he left behind little by way of documentation or thoughts on his homosexuality.

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He got by on lecturing, teaching, and the occasional commission, but realized that his highbrow, modernist music was not conducive to earning a living during the Depression. Despite accusations by McCarthy in the 50s of being leftist, Copland was less interested in politics, and more interested in fostering a love of American music.

There he was greatly influenced by the teacher Nadia Boulanger, though at first he was hesitant to study under a female composer. He was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, and though his mother and siblings played various instruments, his early passion in becoming a composer was considered a bit outlandish.

Copland kept his personal life very private, and though he had affairs with various male artists, musicians, and dancers over the years, he left behind little by way of documentation or thoughts on his homosexuality. He returned to New York a few years later, determined to write music full time, and eager to develop a new style that was unmistakably American.