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Classical Music

erronis

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1. Thanks for keeping us up to date on the classical scene around DC. The actual link to this program

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:09 PM

18 hrs ago

is https://weta.org/fm/classical-score/celebrating-100-years-coolidge-auditorium-and-81-years-appalachian-spring

I thought this bit from the end of the article was very interesting:

Appalachian Spring won the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Music, which was announced on May 8, 1945 - though, as you see below, this news (which you can see in the second column from the left just below the headline) had some stiff competition on the front page that day:

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Today marks the 81st anniversary of the premiere of Copland's Appalachian Spring at The Library of Congress. [View all] elleng 18 hrs ago OP

Thanks for keeping us up to date on the classical scene around DC. The actual link to this program erronis 18 hrs ago #1

Thanks for the actual link! elleng 18 hrs ago #2

We studied Appalachian spring in 8th grade music. Deeply. Biophilic 17 hrs ago #3

HERE!!! elleng 17 hrs ago #4

Copland: Appalachian Spring elleng 17 hrs ago #5