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Fanfare for the common man

Composer: Aaron Copland
Performer: ±«Óãtv Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
Recording date: 07 September 1998
Date of broadcast: 07 September 1998

There was radicalism in US music during the 1930s and 40s and much was linked to workers' rights. Of this heroic fanfare Copland explicitly said the composition was 'honouring the common man'.

Composer: Aaron Copland
Performer: ±«Óãtv Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier
Recording date: 07 September 1998
Date of broadcast: 07 September 1998

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