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Laurie's Song (arr. Silbert and Buchanan)
Aaron Copland (arr. Scott Silbert and Christopher Buchanan)
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Subtitle: From The Tender Land
General Info
Year: 1954 /
Duration: c. 4:20
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra and voice
Publisher: U.S. Navy Band
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Copland's work is regularly featured on orchestral programs around the world, led by perennial favorites like Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid, and Fanfare for the Common Man. One piece far less likely to be seen or heard in performance is The Tender Land, Copland's only opera. Originally conceived for television broadcast in 1954, the piece was ultimately rejected by the studio, and subsequent stage versions received a tepid critical reception.
Despite its initial reaction, The Tender Land has attracted more positive attention in the last few decades. Conductor and educator Murray Sidlin re-orchestrated the piece in 1987 with the composer's blessing, and that version proved to have staying power, running more than 50 performances in New Haven, Connecticut. Selections from the opera have also made their way onto concert halls and recital programs. All of this is good news for devotees of Copland, as this work highlights the attributes that make him beloved among American composers. Rich but simple-sounding melodies, sparse and angular harmonies, and an understated yet dramatic sensibility.
- Program Note from publisher
Laurie's Song was taken from Aaron Copland's 1954 opera The Tender Land. The opera tells of a farm family in the Midwest of the United States. Copland was inspired to write this opera after viewing the Depression-era photographs of Walker Evans and reading James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. He wrote the work between 1952 and 1954 for the NBC Television Opera Workshop, with the intention of its being presented on television.
The "Laurie" of the song was the character Laurie Moss, a young girl graduating from high school and the protagonist of the opera.
- Program Note adapted from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- United States Navy Band Chamber Ensemble (Kenneth Collins, conductor; Casey Campbell, vocal) - 19 December 2022 (2022 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Appalachian Spring (arr. Morita) (1944)
- Appalachian Spring (arr. Patterson) (1944)
- Buckaroo Holiday from "Rodeo" (tr. Megan) (1941/2000)
- Buckaroo Holiday from "Rodeo" (tr. Sudduth) (1941)
- Canticle of Freedom (arr. Duffy) (2000)
- Celebration (arr. Lang) (1938/1945)
- Ceremonial Fanfare
- A Copland Portrait (arr. Grundman) (1986)
- A Copland Tribute (arr. Grundman) (1986)
- Danzón Cubano (tr. Rogers) (1949/2000)
- The Dodger (arr. Knox) (c. 1880/1950/)
- The Dodger. See also: Old American Songs I
- Down a Country Lane (tr. Patterson) (1962/1991)
- El Salón México (tr. Hindsley) (1939/1972)
- Emblems (1964)
- Excerpts from "Appalachian Spring" (arr. Longfield) (1944)
- Fanfare for the Common Man (1942/1944)
- Fanfare for the Common Man (arr. Longfield) (1942/1944/2007)
- Finale from "Symphony No. 3" (trans. Patterson) (1946/)
- Hoe Down from "Rodeo" (arr. Moss)
- Hoe Down from "Rodeo" (tr. Rogers)
- Inaugural Fanfare
- Laurie's Song (tr. Martin) (1954/ )
- Laurie's Song (arr. Silbert and Buchanan) (1954/ )
- Letter from Home (arr. Belski) (1944)
- A Lincoln Portrait (tr. Beeler) (1942/1951)
- Old American Songs (arr. Moss) (1950/2006)
- Old American Songs I (arr. Silvester) (1950/2001)
- Old American Songs II (arr. Duffy) (1952/2001)
- Our Town (arr. Singleton)
- An Outdoor Overture (1938/1948)
- Preamble for a Solemn Occasion (1949/1974)
- The Promise of Living (arr. Curnow) (1954/2012)
- The Promise of Living (tr. Duffy) (1954/2000)
- The Promise of Living (tr. Hile) (1954)
- The Promise of Living (tr. Singleton) (1954/2002)
- Quiet City (arr. Hunsberger) (1941/1992)
- The Red Pony (1969)
- Scenes from "Billy the Kid" (arr. Hilliard) (1941/2000)
- Stomp Your Foot (tr. Duffy) (1954/1956/2000)
- Symphony No. 3. See: Finale from "Symphony No. 3"
- Themes from "An Outdoor Overture" (arr. Curnow) (1938/2014)
- Three Excerpts from "Our Town" and "Simple Gifts" (arr. Cohen)
- Three Latin American Sketches (arr. Mikkelson) (1972/2021)
- Variations on a Shaker Melody (1960)
- Waltz and Celebration (arr. Lang) (1944/1972)
Resources
- The Tender Land. Wikipedia Accessed 4 September 2021