Aaron Copland: His Music Taught Americans About Themselves
Written by Shelley Gollust01 May 2005
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Copland later wrote the music for two ballets about the American West. One was about the life of a famous gunfighter called Billy the Kid. Copland used music from American cowboy songs in this work. This piece from "Billy the Kid: Ballet Suite" is called "Street in a Frontier Town. "