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has gloss | eng: Connotations For Orchestra or sometimes simply Connotations is a piece for orchestra by Aaron Copland. The piece was commissioned by Leonard Bernstein in 1962 to commemorate the opening of Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States. This piece marks a departure from Copland's populist period that began with El Salón México in 1936 and includes the works he is most famous for such as Appalachian Spring, Lincoln Portrait and Rodeo. It represents a return to his period of composition that started following his return from Europe in 1924 after studying under Nadia Boulanger and continuing until the Great Depression. |
lexicalization | eng: Connotations for orchestra |
instance of | (noun) United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990) Copland, Aaron Copland |
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