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Copland Connotations: Studies and Interviews.(Book Review)

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Edited by Peter Dickinson. Foreword by H. Wiley Hitchcock. Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 2002. [xviii, 210 p. ISBN 0-85115-902-8. $60.] Music examples, index.

This compendium of studies comes from two conferences in 2000--Copland's centennial year--held in Toronto and London. The indefatigable Peter Dickinson is the engine behind the work. The articles fall into tour major categories, which seem to have been devised after the fact to accommodate the resulting mix, rather than guiding the initial submissions.

The first group is "Copland and Context," which speaks to influences on the composer's development, and the diverse range of styles and media ...

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