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Aaron Copland was born on November 14th, 1900, in Brooklyn, New York.
亚伦·科普兰1900年11月14日出生于纽约布鲁克林。
The son of prosperous Lithuanian (Russian Jewish immigrants),
科普兰是立陶宛（俄罗斯犹太移民）的后代，
Copland showed a keen interest in music from an early age.
从小就对音乐表现出浓厚的兴趣。
At the age of 17, he began music composition lessons with Rubin Goldmark in New York,
17岁时，他在纽约向鲁宾·戈德马克学习音乐作曲课程，
and by the age of 20 he travelled to Paris to train with the renowned musician Nadia Boulanger, with whom he studied for 4 years.
20岁时他前往巴黎与著名音乐家娜迪亚·布朗格一起训练，并与她一起学习了4年。
Even considering his immigrant background,
即使考虑到他的移民背景，
Aaron Copland came to be a leading figure in American music
亚伦·科普兰已经成为美国音乐界的领军人物，
who strove to create a distinguishable American idiom by incorporating elements of jazz and folk music in his work.
他通过在作品中融入爵士乐和民间音乐元素，努力创造出一个与众不同的美国习语。
Throughout his career, he produced a number of ballets based on American subjects,
在他的整个职业生涯中，他创作了许多以美国题材为题材的芭蕾舞曲，
such as “Rodeo”, “Billy The Kid”, and “Appalachian Spring”, which included the Shaker hymn-tune, “Simple Gifts”.
如“牧人竞技”、“比利小子”和“阿巴拉契亚之春”，还有沙克尔赞美诗曲调“简单的礼物”。
Other specifically American works included, “Fanfare For The Common Man”, “Quiet City”, and “A Lincoln Portrait” which was based on the speeches of president Abraham Lincoln.
其他具体的美国作品包括《为普通人呐喊》、《安静的城市》和以亚伯拉罕·林肯总统的演讲为基础的《林肯肖像》。
Additionally, Copland wrote music for film.
此外，科普兰还为电影创作音乐。
Some of his best-known film scores were for the movies “The Heiress”, “Red Pony”, “Of Mice And Men”, and “Our Town”.
他最著名的电影音乐作品有《女继承人》、《小红马》、《老鼠和男人》和《我们的小镇》。
In the years between 1940 and 1965, Copland served as head of the composition faculty at the important summer school at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, Massachusetts.
1940年至1965年间，科普兰在马萨诸塞州坦格伍德伯克希尔音乐中心的重要暑期学校担任作曲系主任。
Aaron Copland died of complications from pneumonia in North Tarrytown, New York on December 2nd, 1990, at the age of 90.
1990年12月2日，亚伦·科普兰死于肺炎并发症，享年90岁。
