Aaron copland rodeo movement 4 hoe down


If you are of a certain age (let's say between twenty and sixty), you will instantly remember the strains of this piece as the background of juicy slabs of perfectly-cooked steak glistening on television screens across the world.  It made beef - of all things - seem exciting and patriotic, and that's quite a feat in itself.  Of course, the fact that the piece itself is from a ballet score written by a socialist sympathizer does tend to soften the red-blooded blow a bit.  Premiered in , "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo, composed by Aaron Copland, has become as iconic as, well, beef.

"Oh hey!  A blog post all about me!" ~Aaron Copland, posthumously
Copland was born in and died in (dates that always seemed to me wonderfully symmetrical).  The youngest child of Jewish parents, Aaron spent his childhood reading and learning about music from his older sister, Laurine.  At the age of eighteen, he decided to spend a year in Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger, who then became the most noted music teacher of the twentieth century.

In his youth, Copland composed more avant-garde music, designed (purposely) for a more 'elite' audience.  However

About this Piece

Aaron Copland's ballet Rodeo is a celebration of the American West and reflects an important image we have of ourselves. The commission for Rodeo came, surprisingly enough, from the classically-oriented Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, with the music by Copland and the choreography and scenario by Agnes de Mille. The ballet was precedent setting - there were said to be 22 curtain calls at its premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House on October 16, - and the success of this ballet insured that dance would thrive as an integral part of American musical theater.

The genesis of the scenario is told by Agnes de Mille in her memoir Dance to the Piper. According to de Mille, the idea of doing a ballet for the Ballet Russe, a company with a decidedly 19th-century bent, did not immediately inspire Copland in their first meeting. Nor did Copland inspire her; instead, he laughed out loud at some of her ideas for a scenario. De Mille invited him to "go straight to Hell" - an inauspicious beginning, to say the least. Something in their bantering and frank exchange seemed to work, however, because the very next day he called back to see if she would meet him for tea that

"Hoe-Down" from Rodeo, by Aaron Copland

 


 

 

What cultural and historical facts do we know about the piece?

     Aaron Copland wrote the music for this ballet, Agnes De Mille choreographed it, and the whole ballet has captured the hearts of many Americans since it first premiered. Performed in , this piece was one of the earliest examples of American ballet. The whole ballet takes place at Burnt Ranch, where a Cowgirl finds herself competing with visiting city girls for the attention of the local cowboys. The final movement “Hoe-down” begins where the cowgirl has been reborn in a way. She put away her normal work clothes in exchange for a beautiful dress, and reappears as the prettiest girl in the room. A hoe-down is a type of American square dance in duple meter, which is featured in this movement. There is have a typical, stand-up-and-cheer Hollywood Western ending, too, as the girl gets the right guy for her, not the aloof Head Wrangler at all, but rather, another Cowboy who has shown her respect, kindness, and honor.

     The last component connecting the whole final movement together are t

Aaron Copland: Hoedown - AQAMusical description

The overall structure is ternary formA musical form in which the opening section returns after a central contrasting section. A-B-A. Within this structure there are different sections and musical ideas based on popular folk musicTraditional music from a particular country.  songs:

  1. introduction
  2. section A – Woodblock and Bonaparte’s Retreat
  3. section B – McLoeod’s Reel, Gilderoy and McLeod’s Reel
  4. section A – Woodblock and Bonaparte’s Retreat
  5. coda

Overall, the key signatureA pattern of sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece of music indicating which are to be played. of Hoedown is D major. The introduction is in the tonicThe first degree of a scale and the central key of music. In Roman numerals this is I. minor (D minor) before moving to D major in section A. Section B moves to G major, the subdominantFourth tonal degree of the scale and a closely related key., and to A minor, the minor dominant of D major. When section A returns, the key returns to the tonic.

The tempoThe speed or pace of performance in speech, dance or music. is marked allegroLively and fast..

The music begins with the orche

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