Authentic American music has always been grounded in local culture and history, whether it is Copland’s iconic ballet score depicting humble pioneers, or a recent meditation by Augusta Read Thomas on the experiment that launched the nuclear age. Even the “pure” music of Mozart and Mendelssohn leans on the past to chart a path forward, as can be heard in their late masterpieces that went back to Bach and beyond to redefine the symphony and the concerto for generations to come.
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