Aaron Copland: Salon Mexico

FROM THE TIME OF COPLAND'S FIRST VISIT TO MEXICO CITY IN 1932, WHEN HIS FRIEND CARLOS CHÁVEZ TOOK HIM TO A NIGHTCLUB CALLED "EL SALÓN MÉXICO", COPLAND WANTED TO COMPOSE A PIECE ABOUT THE UNUSUAL DANCE HALL. HE SAID, "I WAS ATTRACTED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE P