Music as an Aspect of the Human Spirit

by Aaron Copland

$4,000 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

As a composer, I am occupied each day with this very subject, namely, the expression by way of music of a basic human spirit. Most composers would agree, I think, that each new composition constitutes a kind of planned improvisation on a theme. The grander the theme, the more hazardous it is to bring it to fullest fruition. Today's theme is very grand indeed. I very nearly lacked the courage to undertake it, until it struck me that, as a composer, I am occupied each

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