Write a caption for Copland!
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11/14/2012 Contributor:
In honor of Aaron Copland's 112th birth anniversary, you are invited to write your own caption to the above photo. No winners and losers, just go for it! Here are two from me to get the ball rolling:
"You see, Elliott, you can be an extremely serious, adventurous composer and a popular composer too!"
"For a gay, Jewish, left-leaning guy like me to have my works done at school graduations, 4th of July celebrations and other patriotic events — what a great country!"
Your turn.
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You know, someday I'll get
You know, someday I'll get over open 5ths and 4ths, and I'll write a work so harmonically lush - that one will struggle to figure our who wrote it- Samuel Barber, perhaps? It will be called THE TENDERLAND. (And many, including me, will consider his greatest work).
Hmmm...
...this caption is Tender Land, and the one before is is Tenderloin! I detect a tender thread...
Beef. It's what's for dinner!
Beef. It's what's for dinner!
"I cracked up when Rick Perry
"I cracked up when Rick Perry used one of my pieces as the background music for his anti-gay ad."
Serge, you promised me that
Serge, you promised me that it never rains at Tanglewood.
"You see, I was into the
"You see, I was into the whole gay cowboy thing way before Brokeback Mountain"