The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its primary concert venue is Music Hall. In addition to its symphony concerts, the orchestra gives pops concerts a
The Cincinnati Symphony performs at the Quincena Musical de San Sebastián in 2017
Fanfare for the Common Man
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Fanfare for the Common Man is a musical work by the American composer Aaron Copland. It was written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under conductor Eugene Goossens and was inspired in pa
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…the U.S. premiere of Mahler's Symphony No. 3 (1912), its first recordings (1917), first national tours, and the world premieres of Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Lincoln Portrait. Thor Johnson became music director in 1947, and led the orchestra in some of the first stereo recordings for Remington Records…
Copland in his creative office, c.1960
Henry A. Wallace's speech proclaiming the "Century of the Common Man" inspired Copland's fanfare.
Initial trumpet notes from Fanfare for the Common Man, Copland Memorial Garden, Tanglewood