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The Brooklyn Cowboy JoAnn Falletta Photo by Pam Francis
The Eastern European Immigrant who created the Musical Soundtrack for America by David Srebnik If America has a musical identity or musical DNA, conductor JoAnn Falletta says it was created by an Eastern European immigrant who composed music in his Brooklyn apartment. His name: Aaron Copland.

Listen to JoAnn Falletta by clicking on the audio bar above.

JoAnn Falletta is the Music Director for the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Virginia Symphony. She has an all-Copland CD on the Naxos label (Naxos 8559240).

Find out more about JoAnn Falletta, and read some of her amusing poetry about her day-to-day life as a conductor by visiting her website.

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