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Folk Music used by Famous Composers
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:56 pm
by dwil9798
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?
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:00 pm
by Carolus
The most famous tune used in Appalachian Spring isn't strictly a folk tune but a Shaker Hymn titled A Gift to be Simple.
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:31 pm
by dwil9798
Do you or anyone else happen to know what book he got the hymn from?
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:14 am
by Vivaldi
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.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:23 am
by Lyle Neff
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.