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American Icons: Appalachian Spring

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Appalachian Spring
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American Icons: Appalachian Spring.

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Appalachian Spring
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American Icons: Appalachian Spring.

Courtesy of New York Public Radio

In 1942, Aaron Copland was commissioned to write a score for the choreographer Martha Graham. Dance and music in America have never been the same.

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