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Guided Listening: Copland’s  Billy the Kid Suite  and Thomson’s The Plow that Broke the Plains

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Explore well-known works and discover new treasures of the musical repertory in our Guided Listening sessions with JoAnna Cochenet. Our first stop on our tour of the western American landscape focuses on Virgil Thomson’s music from the 1936 short documentary film The Plow that Broke the Plains, which shone a light on the cultivation of North America’s Great Plains following the US Civil War and leading to the Dust Bowl. We’ll also delve into one...

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Aaron Copland - Billy the Kid

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Virgil Thomson - The Plow That Broke the Plains

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Levine Music

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1 dates (21 Oct - 21 Oct)

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