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From: ags@pucc-i (Dave Seaman)
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Subject: Re:  Anyone out there like Aaron Copland
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Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 14:39:58 EST
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>> Could this be the Shaker Hymn, "Simple Gifts", which has been use by MANY
>> composers in many places, not the least of which is Colecovision's
>> "Smurf Rescue" (yecch, but my 5-yr old niece loves it)??
>
>I think Carl is referring to a very "Coplandesque" arrangement of this passage,
>utilizing (what sounds like) Copland's semi-polytonality (involving basic
>triadic chords with "inappropriate" notes in the bass register).  I recall
>such a piece being used as the opening theme for various movies and television
>programs.  Can anyone identify it?

I believe the passage you are referring to occurs near the end of
"Appalachian Spring."
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Dave Seaman			 ..!pur-ee!pucc-i:ags