By: Aaron Copland
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 Aaron Copland wrote the ballet Rodeo.
 Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York.
 He studied piano and later studied composition when he travelled to France.
 Rodeo was written in the Modern Period
(1900 –1990)
 The ballet was first performed at the
Boston Pops in 1943.
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 Aaron Copland was one of America’s most famous composers
 The story is about a cowgirl who tries to impress the head wrangler on the ranch.
 The woodblock makes a “clip-clop” sound of a horse running.
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 This is programme music – music that tells a story.
 There are four sections in the work Rodeo :
 Buckaroo Holiday
 Corral Nocturne
 Saturday Night Waltz
 Hoe Down
 Hoe Down is one section in this work.
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 The instruments used in this movement include instruments from the Percussion,
String, Brass and Woodwind family.
 Here is a piece of music from Hoe Down that is played by violins.
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 The story is based on cowboy life in America.
 A tomboyish cowgirl, who is trying to attract the attention of the head wrangler.
 She goes to the Saturday night dance.
 She is invited to dance by both the head wrangler and the champion roper.
 She chooses the champion roper.
 The music in Hoe Down captures the drama of this scene.
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 The form of this piece is A, B, Link, A.
 The piece starts with the Introduction. This lasts for 38 bars.
 Section A (from bar 39 to 97.)
 Section B (from bar 98 to 141.)
 The Link (from bar 142 to158.)
 The piece then goes back to Section A. (from bar 159 to 194.)
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 Section A consists of two different sections:
 Bonyparte tune – section 1
 Bonyparte tune – section 2
 Bonyparte tune – section 1: This has the same rhythm pattern as the opening bars of the tune.
 Bonyparte tune – section 2: This is a completely different rhythm pattern.
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 Section B also consists of two different sections:
 McLeod’s Reel 1
 McLeod’s Reel 2
 Section B begins with McLeod’s Reel 1. It then changes to McLeod’s Reel 2 and then back to McLeod’s Reel 1.
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 This is the section that sounds like the
“clip-clop” of a horse.
 The woodblock is used to make this sound.
 The sound is made realistic by using pizzicato and staccato.
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 Polyphonic – different melodies are played all at the one time.
 Ascending and descending scales.
 Syncopated notes : emphasis on the weak beat
 Dynamics: quite (piano) at the beginning and loud (forte) at the end
 Tempo: allegro
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 Decending notes
 Pizzicato and sicato from the wood block create the sound of a horse
 Grace notes
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 Sarah
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