Aaron Copland Autograph

Aaron Copland (/ˈkoʊplənd/, KOHP-lənd; November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the "Dean of American Composers". The open, slowly changing harmonies in much of his music are typical of what many people consider to be the sound of American music, evoking the vast American landscape and pioneer spirit. He is best known for the works he wrote in the 1930s and 1940s in a deliberately accessible style often referred to as "populist" and which the composer labeled his "vernacular" style. Works in this vein include the ballets Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid and Rodeo, his Fanfare for the Common Man and Third Symphony. In addition to his ballets and orchestral works, he produced music in many other genres, including chamber music, vocal works, opera and film scores. More about Aaron Copland

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Current items with a signature of Aaron Copland

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	AARON COPLAND - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH	$400.00

After some initial studies with composer Rubin Goldmark, Copland traveled to Paris, where he first studied with Isidor Philipp and Paul Vidal, then with noted pedagogue Nadia Boulanger. He studied three years with Boulanger, whose eclectic approach to music inspired his own broad taste. Determined upon his return to the U.S. to make his way as a full-time composer, Copland gave lecture-recitals, wrote works on commission and did some teaching and writing. However, he found that composing orchestral music in the modernist style, which he had adopted while studying abroad, was a financially contradictory approach, particularly in light of the Great Depression. He shifted in the mid-1930s to a more accessible musical style which mirrored the German idea of Gebrauchsmusik ("music for use"), music that could serve utilitarian and artistic purposes. During the Depression years, he traveled extensively to Europe, Africa, and Mexico, formed an important friendship with Mexican composer Carlos Chávez and began composing his signature works.

During the late 1940s, Copland became aware that Stravinsky and other fellow composers had begun to study Arnold Schoenberg's use of twelve-tone (serial) techniques. After he had been exposed to the works of French composer Pierre Boulez, he incorporated serial techniques into his Piano Quartet (1950), Piano Fantasy (1957), Connotations for orchestra (1961) and Inscape for orchestra (1967). Unlike Schoenberg, Copland used his tone rows in much the same fashion as his tonal material—as sources for melodies and harmonies, rather than as complete statements in their own right, except for crucial events from a structural point of view. From the 1960s onward, Copland's activities turned more from composing to conducting. He became a frequent guest conductor of orchestras in the U.S. and the UK and made a series of recordings of his music, primarily for Columbia Records. Read even more about Aaron Copland at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Aaron Copland

In total, we tracked 104 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Aaron Copland (Aaron COPLAND / Autograph musical quotation signed from the composer's ballet) was sold in July 2023 for $2070.00 while the cheapest item (Aaron Copland Greatest Hits Signed LP) found a new owner for $9.50 in April 2016. The month with the most items sold (35) was January 2012 with an average selling price of $37.75 for an autographed item of Aaron Copland. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2015 with $500.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was June 2008. In average, an autographed item from Aaron Copland is worth $49.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Aaron Copland were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1954 Aaron Copland Signed Letter Disney Movie Cinderella MacDowell Colony	$150.00
	Aaron Copland / Republic Pictures Signed Contract Dated 2-9-1948	$225.00
	Aaron Copland Autographed 4x6 Card Music Conductor Composer JSA COA	$150.99
	Aaron Copland REAL hand SIGNED Photo JSA COA Autographed Conductor Composer	$101.99
	aaron copland signed	$75.00
	Aaron Copland SIGNED Autobiography 1900-1942, 1st Edition 1984, FREE SHIPPING!	$45.00
	Aaron Copland signed autographed magazine photo AMCo COA 21155	$129.99
	Aaron Copland Signed Beckett BAS Autograph Classical Composer Auto Cut	$499.00
	Aaron Copland Signed Letter to Decca Records Re: His Violin Sonata 1950	$349.00
	Aaron Copland Signed PSA DNA Autograph Classical Composer Cut Auto Conductor	$272.25
	aaron copland signed. The Second Hurricane The Condutors Score 54 pages folio	$175.00
	AARON COPLAND TYPED LETTER SIGNED AUTOGRAPH TLS 1970 COMPOSER MUSICIAN	$199.95
	Aaron Copland, composer, autograph signed index card, 4h x 5-3/4w	$50.00
	Aaron Copland-Hand-Painted Signed FDC w/Coin	$35.00
	AARON COPLAND. Signed 1979 Lincoln Ctr program as Conductor, St Paul Chambr Orch	$86.00

Latest News about Aaron Copland

City Ballet Plans Ambitious Season to Help Dancers Get Back Up to Speed (04/15/22): The company will present a mix of new and old works, including a full-length premiere to Aaron Copland by Justin Peck.