This orchestral suite is named after a line in Hart Crane's poem "The Bridge". Its composer divided it into eight sections, including "The Revivalist and his flock" and "Solo dance of the Bride", while Martha Graham originally choreographed a ballet based on it, which won its composer the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Like its composer's earlier pieces Billy the Kid and Rodeo, it borrows heavily from American folk themes, most notably the Quaker hymn "Simple Gifts". FTP, identify this Aaron Copland musical suite set in
This orchestral suite is named after a line in Hart Crane's poem "The Bridge". Its composer divided it into eight sections, including "The Revivalist and his flock" and "Solo dance of the Bride", while Martha Graham originally choreographed a ballet based on it, which won its composer the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Like its composer's earlier pieces Billy the Kid and Rodeo, it borrows heavily from American folk themes, most notably the Quaker hymn "Simple Gifts". FTP, identify this Aaron Copland musical suite set in rural Pennsylvania.
This orchestral suite is named after a line in Hart Crane's poem "The Bridge".
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