Folk Music used by Famous Composers

dwil9798 · Post by **dwil9798** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:56 pm

Does anyone happen to know the exact book of folk songs that Aaron Copland used for Appalachain Spring? If so, could someone please upload it? Also, I know the intro to the Rite of Spring was inspired by a folk song. Does anyone have the book where he got the song from, and could someone please upload it, also?

Post by **Carolus** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:00 pm

The most famous tune used in Appalachian Spring isn't strictly a folk tune but a Shaker Hymn titled A Gift to be Simple.

dwil9798 · Post by **dwil9798** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:31 pm

Do you or anyone else happen to know what book he got the hymn from?

Vivaldi · Post by **Vivaldi** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:14 am

The intro to the Rite of Spring originates from a Lithuanian folk song. But the entire work is full of snippets from folk songs. Same thing with Petrushka.

Lyle Neff · Post by **Lyle Neff** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:23 am

I would assume that Richard Taruskin's mammoth writings on Stravinsky would include references to sources for tunes that the composer used in Rite of Spring.