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The Man Behind The Music
Brooklyn, New York was a bustling place at the turn of the last century, filled with people of many nationalities.
Aaron copland family biography sample
Many were immigrants; some were customers of Copland's Department Store on Washington Avenue. Described by Aaron Copland as "a kind of neighborhood Macy's," the store was operated by Sarah and Harris Copland, Russian-born, Jewish immigrants.
They lived above and to the side of the store with their five children. Everyone in the family worked at the store. "Copland's" was the center of their lives.
"The store proved to be influential in the shaping of my formative years," Copland explained.
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"I took the cash register from time to time, learning the responsibility and trust the job implied. Artists have usually been thought to be nitwits in the handling of money. No one has ever accused me of that particular failing."
When his friends joked about his frugality, and Leonard Bernstein called him "plain," Copland would object good-naturedly: "Wha