- (1941) Book: "Our New Music"
- Works: "Symphony for Organ and Orchestra" (the first concert in the USA sponsored by the League of Composers); "Dance Symphony"; "Passacaglia for Piano"; "Music for the Theatre"; "Piano Concerto"; "Vitebsk"; "Piano Variations"; "Statements for Orchestra"; "El Salon Mexico"; "Second Hurricane" (play-opera); "Billy the Kid" (ballet); "Outdoor Adventure"; "Quiet City"; "Danzon Cubano"; "Rodeo" (ballet); "Piano Sonata"; "Sonata for Violin and Piano"; "Appalachian Spring" (awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Music Critics Award in 1945); "A Lincoln Portrait"; "Symphony No. 3" (including "Fanfare for the Common Man"); "In the Beginning" (choral); "4-Piano Blues"; "Clarinet Concerto"; "Quartet for Piano, Strings"; "Old American Songs"; "12 Poems of Emily Dickenson"; "The Tender Land" (opera); "Orchestral Variations"; "Piano Fantasy"; "Connotations for Orchestra"; "Music for a Great City"; and "Seven Dance Panels".
- (1939) Book: "What To Listen for In Music"
- Stage: Wrote score for the Broadway production of Irwin Shaw's "Quiet City".
- (1960) Book: "Copland on Music"
- (1952) Book: "Music and Imagination"
- (9/1/50) Stage: His ballet, "Rodeo," was choreographed by 'Agnes De Mille' with George Balanchine's choreographed Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, "Theme and Variaions," with Tudor's choreographed Schoenberg's ballet, "Pillar of Fire," and Petipa's choreographed Tchaikovsky's ballet, "Pas De Deux from The Sleeping Beauty," in an American National Ballet Theatre production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Alicia Alonzo, Igor Youskevitch, Mary Ellen Moylan, James Mitchell, John Kriza, Allyn Ann McLerie and Charlyne Baker (I) in the cast. Alexander Smallens was choreographer.
- (1937) Stage Play: The The Pepper Mill. Musical revue. Music by Magnus Henning, Aaron Copland, Peter Kreuder, Herbert Murril and Werner Kruse. Book by W.H. Auden, Klaus Mann, Erich Muhsam, Ernst Toller and Erica Mann. Book adapted by John La Touche and Edwin Denby. Directed by Therese Giehse. Chanin Auditorium: 5 Jan 1937- Jan 1937 (closing date unknown (6 performances). Cast: John Beck, Therese Giehse [only Broadway role], Lotte Goslar, John La Touche [Broadway debut], Erica Mann, Wallace Rooney, Sybille Schloss. Produced by F.C. Coppicus. Produced in association with The Columbia Concerts Corporation.
- (1986-1987 season) He was composer for the musical, "The Tender Land," at the Long Wharf Theatre (Mainstage) in New Haven, Connecticut. He and Horace Everett wrote the book. Horace Everett was lyricist. Arvin Brown was director. Michael H. Yeargan was set designer. David Murin was costume designer. Ronald Wallace was lighting designer. Murry Sidlin was conductor.
- (October 16, 1938) He was composer for the ballet, "Billy the Kid," in the Ballet Caravan company production at the Chicago Opera House in Chicago, Illinois with Eugene Loring (Billy); Marie Jeanne (Mother and Sweetheart); Lew Christensen (Pat Garrett) and Todd Bolender (Alias) in the cast. Eugene Loring was also choreographer. Lincoln Kirstein was writer. Jared French was scenery and costume designer.
- (February 1926) He was a pianist for the ballet, "Les Noces (The Wedding," in the International Composers Guild production at the Aeolian Hall in New York City. Igor Stravinsky was composer and writer. Leonard Stokowski was conductor. Marc Blitzstein, Louis Gruenberg and Frederick Jacobi were also pianists.
- (October 16, 1942) He was composer for the ballet, "Rodeo," in the Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo production at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City with Agnes De Mille (Cowgirl); Frederick Franklin (Champion Roper) and Casimir Kokitch (Head Wrangler); in the cast. Agnes De Mille was also choreographer and writer. Oliver Smith was scenery designer. Kermit Love was costume designer.
- (1972) He was composer for the ballet, "Rodeo," in the City Center in New York City with Christine Sarry (Cowgirl); Marcos Paredes (Head Wrangler); Terry Orr and William Carter in the cast..
- (August 14, 1950) He was composer for the ballet, "Rodeo," in the Ballet Theater at Rhine-Am-Main Air Force Base in Frankfurt, Germany.
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