Finding an Excuse To Celebrate Copland From: Forward | Date: December 10, 2004| Author: Levisohn, Benjamin | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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12-10-2004

No excuse is necessary to stage a concert of Aaron Copland's works -- over
the last 60 years, his name has become synonymous with American classical
music -- but Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Kane Street Synagogue found one anyway. On
November 14, it staged a tribute to the composer to coincide with the 91st
anniversary of Copland's bar mitzvah, bringing him back to the synagogue
where he was first called to the Torah. From here, inside Brookly...

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