Revolutions in Music: Aaron Copeland and the American Sound

Tonight is the third and final installment of the PBS series "Revolutions in Music" with the San Francisco Symphony.

In this installment, PBS explores Aaron Copland and the American sound, featuring Fanfare for the Common Man, which, according to host Michael Tilson Thomas, is "a piece that sounds unmistakably American. A piece that's come to symbolize America itself."

"But why does it sound American? That's really a provocative question, since this American sound we take for granted now has existed for only a hundred years or so. And in many ways this sound was the creation of one man, Aaron Copland."

Watch and listen to a preview of "Fanfare For The Common Man" via YouTube.

Part Two: Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring"
Part One: Beethoven's "Eroica" (Symphony No 3 in E-Flat Major)