“The fearsome critic and not-very-tough composer Virgil Thomson once drew up a set of rules for hearing an unfamiliar work; the last of those is the question I take with me to every new-music event: “Is this just a good… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
“As a matter of fact, no one is more tiresome than the person who can understand only realism in art. It shows a rather… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
“Whatever comes under the heading of fugal form partakes in some way of the nature of a fugue. You already know, I feel sure,… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
“Every symphony, for example, is a sonata for orchestra; every string quartet is a sonata for four strings; every concerto a sonata for a… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!" — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of sub-consciousnessóI wouldnít know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music. — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable. — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t. — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple. — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
