One of this composer's earliest piano pieces is a "scherzo humoristique" depicting a frantic chase between the title two animals.
One of this composer's earliest piano pieces is a "scherzo humoristique" depicting a frantic chase between the title two animals. A cadenza for the solo instrument links the two movements of this composer's Clarinet Concerto. This composer of The Cat and the Mouse had that concerto commissioned by Benny Goodman. Trumpets play the rising motif "F, B-flat, F" in a piece by this composer inspired by a speech by Henry Wallace about the middle class. One of his ballets includes variations on the Shaker Hymn "Simple Gifts" and depicts pioneers constructing a farmhouse. For 10 points, name this American composer of Fanfare for the Common Man and Appalachian Spring.
One of this composer's earliest piano pieces is a "scherzo humoristique" depicting a frantic chase between the title two animals.
Aaron Copland