The final movement of one of his pieces is based on the folk tune "Bonaparte's Retreat;" that work also includes a "Corral Nocturne" movement.
This composer wrote an aria in which the singer reminisces, "Once I thought I'd never grow tall as this fence," the day before her graduation. He wrote an opera about Martin and the farm girl Laurie, The Tender Land, and used the folk song "El Palo Verde" as a refrain in another work. The final movement of one of his pieces is based on the folk tune "Bonaparte's Retreat;" that work also includes a "Corral Nocturne" movement. He wrote El Salón México, as well as a ballet that features variations on the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts." Another of his works closes with a "Hoe-Down." For 10 points, name this American composer of Rodeo, who collaborated with Martha Graham on Appalachian Spring.
This composer wrote an aria in which the singer reminisces, "Once I thought I'd never grow tall as this fence," the day before her graduation.
Aaron Copland