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Copland - Variations on a Shaker Melody

from The Danserye by UPEI Wind Symphony

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This set of five variations on the Shaker melody "Tis the Gift to Be Simple" was derived by Aaron Copland form his music composed for the ballet "Appalachian Spring", produced in 1944 in collaboration with Martha Graham. The ballet features a bride and her young farmer husband at a spring pioneer celebration around a newly built farmhouse. The Shaker melody provides the sense of the pioneer American spirit with youth, optimism, and hope in an elegant and simple manner.

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from The Danserye, released May 1, 2008
Aaron Copland, Composer

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UPEI Wind Symphony Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

The University of Prince Edward Island Wind Symphony consists of music majors, other UPEI students, and community musicians. Commissioning new compositions, featuring outstanding student and professional soloists, and showcasing masterworks of the wind band genre are all hallmarks of this ensemble. ... more

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