This composer wrote a suite  whose "Prologue" movement opens with two solo trumpets over a drumroll.
This composer wrote a suite  whose "Prologue" movement opens with two solo trumpets over a drumroll. That piece also includes "Dance" and "Burlesque" movements and is called Music for the Theatre. He dedicated his twelve-tone Piano Fantasy to the memory of William Kappel, He wrote a composition for trumpet, English horn, and string orchestra, which was based on incidental music he had written for Irwin Shaw's play Quiet City. Another composition quotes folk songs like "El Palo Verde," and one of his ballets ends when the title character is shot by Pat Garrett. He also composed a ballet score that features variations on the Shaker melody "Simple Gifts," commissioned by Martha Graham. For 10 points, name this American composer of El SalÃ³n MÃ©xico, Billy the Kid, and Appalachian Spring.
This composer wrote a suite  whose "Prologue" movement opens with two solo trumpets over a drumroll.
Aaron Copland 