On 'Fanfare For The Common Man,' An Anthem For The American Century

Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

|| Fanfare for the Common Man || In 1942, Aaron Copland composed “Fanfare for the Common Man,” a work commissioned by conductor Eugene Goosens as part of a series of fanfares to garner American support for the U.S. entry into WWII. Concurrently, Vice President Henry A. Wallace delivered a speech proclaiming the century following the war “can and must be the century of the common man,” the inspiration for the fanfare’s title. The work has since become an anthem for American unity in both times of

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