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Lincoln Portrait: Aaron Copland's defense of Democracy
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Music was used in World War 2 like never before, from propaganda to national pride. John Banther and Evan Keely explore Copland's musical effort to rally a defense for democracy using Abraham Lincoln's timeless words and examine why it was banned from a Presidential inauguration.
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Manage episode 462222662 series 2552001
Music was used in World War 2 like never before, from propaganda to national pride. John Banther and Evan Keely explore Copland's musical effort to rally a defense for democracy using Abraham Lincoln's timeless words and examine why it was banned from a Presidential inauguration.
Support Classical Breakdown: https://weta.org/donatefm
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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