AARON COPLAND'S MUSIC IS CHARACTERISTICALLY AND RECOGNISABLY AMERICAN. COPLAND'S UNTIRING EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT HIS WORKS WOULD SPEAK TO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN AS WELL AS TO HIS FELLOW ARTISTS MADE HIM ONE OF THE MOST HONOURED CULTURAL FIGURES IN UNITED STA BILLY AND HIS SWEETHEART FROM BILLY THE KID - CHING-A-RING CHAW FROM OLD AMERICAN SONGS, SET 2 - DIRGE IN THE WOODS - FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN - GOING TO HEAVEN! FROM TWELVE POEMS OF EMILY DICKENSON - I BOUGHT ME A CAT FROM OLD AMERICAN SONGS