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
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
Henry A. Wallace
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Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd vice president of the United States, serving from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served as the 11th U.S. secretary of agriculture and the 10th
Fanfare for the Common Man
…it on March 12, 1943) under conductor Eugene Goossens and was inspired in part by a speech made earlier that year by then American Vice President, Henry A. Wallace, in which Wallace proclaimed the dawning of the "Century of the Common Man". Several alternative versions have been made and fragments of the work have…
Official portrait, 1940
Wallace's father, Henry Cantwell Wallace, served as secretary of agriculture from 1921 to his death in 1924.
Wallace in his office at the Department of Agriculture, 1938
Wallace c. 1940