Joseph Machlis
Contributor
LOCATION: New York, NY, United States
Professor of Music, Queens College, City University of New York, 1938–73. Author of The Enjoyment of Music and others.
Primary Contributions (1)
Aaron Copland was an American composer who achieved a distinctive musical characterization of American themes in an expressive modern style. Copland, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, was born in New York City and attended public schools there. An older sister taught him to play the piano, and…
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