Copland's upcoming 100th birthday celebration marked
by screening of first film he scored The City (1939) at NY's Museum of Modern
Art, featuring tributes by film composers André Previn and David Raksin. (December 1999)
He joined ASCAP in 1946.
Kennedy Center Honoree, 1979
HE was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1986 by the
National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
Voiced support for the American Communist Party during his lifetime.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume
Two, 1986-1990, pages 198-202. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
1999.
Died of complications from strokes and respiratory problems.