Outlaw Marriages by Rodger Streitmatter

Author:Rodger Streitmatter
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780807003350
Publisher: Beacon Press

ACHIEVING GREATNESS

Copland experienced a string of major successes beginning in 1942 when the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra asked him to write a short piece for brass and percussion. The conductor’s specific request was that the work be so “stirring and significant” that it would boost the country’s sagging morale brought on by the hardships of World War II.33

Copland then created Fanfare for the Common Man, which premiered in March 1943, and today ranks as the renowned composer’s most famous work. “It is intended to bring a lump to the throat,” the New Yorker magazine gushed, “and it does exactly that, even on the thirtieth hearing.” Other observers instantly applauded the piece as well, with the New York Times calling it “impressive” and the Washington Post crowning it “outstanding.”34

For the six decades that have passed since Copland created it, this two-minute work has enjoyed an unparalleled degree of popularity as what experts have labeled “America’s anthem.” In the 1970s, the Rolling Stones rock group chose Fanfare for the Common Man as its opening theme, and in the 1990s the piece was used as background music in recruitment ads for the U.S. Navy and was featured prominently in the Oscar-winning film Saving Private Ryan. More recently, it was played as the wake-up music for the crew of the space shuttle crew orbiting the Earth in 2008 and was Barack Obama’s choice to open his inaugural celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in 2009.35

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