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- May 24, 2024Midday Thoughts: 75 Years of The Red Pony
Aaron Copland's celebrated film score to The Red Pony was first heard in movie theaters 75 years ago, marking a significant moment in cinematic history.
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- The Promise of Living (1954)
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Extracted directly from Copland’s opera, the Tender Land, The Promise of Living can be performed as a concert work for mixed chorus (SATBB) and orchestra.
- The Red Pony (suite) (1948)
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Though the film was not a commercial success, Copland arranged parts of his score to The Red Pony into a concert suite for the Houston Symphony Orchestra.
- Stomp Your Foot (1954)
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Stomp Your Foot for chorus and orchestra was excerpted directly from Copland’s opera, the Tender Land. Copland made two chorus arrangements for SATB and TTBB.
- The Tender Land (1952–54, rev. 1955)
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Erik Johns as Horace Everett wrote the libretto for Copland’s opera, The Tender Land. Jerome Robbins directed the original, and the final revision was done in 1955.