Aaron Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man
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- The awesome Fanfare For the Common Man by Aaron Copland.
This fanfare was written on request from Eugene Goossens, conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, in response to the US entry into the Second World War.
During the First World War, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra had asked British composers for a fanfare to begin each orchestral concert. It had been so successful that he thought to repeat the procedure in World War II with American composers.
Goossens suggested titles like Fanfare for Soldiers, but Copland gave it the much better title Fanfare for the Common Man.
The piece was premiered 12 March 1943 at income tax time, as a homage to the common man.
Even though it is american, I think it should be the "official" fanfare for alle the common people in the world. Kind of like they did the moonlanding for all mankind.
This is just my personal opinion, and I mean no offence to americans for wanting to "steal" this one.
Music Copyrights owned by Sony Music Entertainment.
Go to bed early, wake up before the sun, make some VERY strong coffee, and watch the sun come up listening to this...makes you feel like the very first human to ever walk the earth.
I’m actually going to do this. It’ll freak my family right out too🤣
good reply!
Reminds me of the movie 2001: a space oddessy... Oh wait! That was "Thus Sprague Zarathrustra!"
@@ivanivonovich9863 lets do this now? :D but with a cup of tea!
Have morning wood, too.
Fun fact this song was composed on a special occasion to contribute to the war effort. It was originally going to be called "fanfare for the soldier" or "fanfare for the sailor" but after being inspired by the vice president speech in which he said something along the lines of "the century of the common man", the composer named it "fanfare for the common man" and then there was light. Truly an inspiring song for all of the men and women who fight/fought for the free people of the world.
My Hydroculture teacher made my class listen to this and I thought it was from saving private Ryan at first.
"Fanfare for the MicroSoft Network"?
@@georgepierson4920 nice one XD I just fixed it so your comments kind of pointless now ;(
@@SuicideSeason4545 :P
The vice president was Henry Wallace, a great American and a man far ahead of his time philosophically. FDR was very fond of him but the old guard of the Democratic Party pushed him off the ticket for Truman in 1944 because they feared someone so progressive becoming president.
This was played as my dad's coffin was carried into the room. We were never close (his choice/behaviour) but this always makes me cry listening to it. RIP Dad.
Sorry to hear this Sara. As the father of 3 daughters (no sons), i tried my best to let my girls know that they were loved. AND...that their father loved their mother.
So touching: Thanks for the share....
I used to play this before I ran in marathons. It always motivated me like an Olympic athlete. :D 🇨🇦
Can relate, friend from the north, can relate...
This helps me in the marathon
What about "Chariots of Fire"?
justsucitup 5 That’s good too but not as inspiring for me. 😎
@@courierdude "Fanfare" gave me chills when I first heard it...I even remember what I was watching at the time.
"You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today." - Aaron Copland
Copland, in his autobiography, wrote of the request: "Eugene Goossens, conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, had written to me at the end of August about an idea he wanted to put into action for the 1942-43 concert season. During World War I he had asked British composers for a fanfare to begin each orchestral concert. It had been so successful that he thought to repeat the procedure in World War II with American composers". A total of 10 fanfares[1] were written at Goossens' behest, but Copland's is the only one which remains in the standard repertoire.
Initial trumpet notes from Fanfare for the Common Man, Copland Memorial Garden, Tanglewood
It was written in response to the US entry into World War II and was inspired in part by a famous 1942 speech[2] where vice president Henry A. Wallace proclaimed the dawning of the "Century of the Common Man".[3]
Goossens had suggested titles such as Fanfare for Soldiers, or sailors or airmen, and he wrote that "[i]t is my idea to make these fanfares stirring and significant contributions to the war effort...." Copland considered several titles including Fanfare for a Solemn Ceremony and Fanfare for Four Freedoms; to Goossens' surprise, however, Copland titled the piece Fanfare for the Common Man. Goossens wrote, "Its title is as original as its music, and I think it is so telling that it deserves a special occasion for its performance. If it is agreeable to you, we will premiere it 12 March 1943 at income tax time". Copland's reply was "I [am] all for honoring the common man at income tax time".[4]
Copland later used the fanfare as the main theme of the fourth movement of his Third Symphony (composed between 1944 and 1946).
Man, Copland just made an entire career out of writing America's soundtrack
Indeed, some serious Americana.
I dont mean to be offtopic but does someone know of a tool to get back into an instagram account?
I somehow lost my account password. I love any tips you can give me
@Corey Carmelo instablaster =)
No
@@mareksicinski3726 Thats all you can say is NO- how ENLIGHNING that is....
I'm such a fan of Emerson Lake & Palmer's amazing version of this song, I had to come and hear Aaron Copland's original. It is just as breathtaking as I imagined! ELP definitely did so much justice to the original - they maintained every single note and every single chord, all the while adding their own distinctiveness to it.
Give the version by Styx a listen to. Came out a few years before ELP. It's mixed in as one of 4 parts in a song titled Movement For The Common Man. It's different from AC and ELP for sure. But it deserves a chance. This was Styx's debut album.
Heard our city's symphony orchestra perform it yesterday. If you ever get a chance, go to hear it live. It's like nothing you can imagine. You can't listen and not get chills.
Absolutely right!
And especially shown on the front of Music Hall
Aaron Copland was a very special person. This piece always makes me emotional.
We are both in a very large club.
He was considered by many to be our greatest composer. I'm not going to argue with that.
I believe him to be the greatest American Composer...although John Williams has given him a mighty run for his money.
I regard "Fanfare For The Common Man" as Copland's "Magnum Opus". It is my favorite piece of orchestral music, period. I respect that every man or woman has a favorite piece of music...and they can either agree or not. This one is mine, and has been since I was a child.
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL SONGS I HAVE EVER HEARD......I LOVE IT AND GET CHILLS WHEN I HEAR IT PLAYED....AWESOME.......!
yess! just experienced live for the first time tonight at Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, California
It is not a song! It is a piece of music.
The majesty of this piece. Every time I hear it, I imagine the world and ever last thing in and on it, standing still, as this plays. Even Mother Nature holds Her breath.
"even mother nature holds her breath" - such a beautiful and fitting image, thank you
@@whatelvesdoyes this was so evocative
who would down vote such masterpiece? Who denies it in its own right to stand for and against greatness? If you do then you are out yo dammed mindz.
It makes me feel to acknowledge and admire and be grateful for the struggles and sacrifices my parents and GOD have granted me. Immigrants themselves, and I so lucky as to live here in the great US of A.
Probably people on the far right since he was:
1. A communist
2. Gay
3. Jewish
@@LatinaCreamQueen lol. Key word: "FAR"
@Leihui Tong exactly my friend, exactly.
Truly an American masterpiece, but yet meant for every nation and man.
with standard american cultural theft included
@@rat_king- Could not agree more. Other nations and cultures had been using music as a form of artistic expression for eons before this. Shameful in the extreme that Copeland neglected to address this in this piece.
@@bartcolen Common people is a term used by the british. it doesn't appear in the common phrases of american english. it is cultural to those isles, not america. Copeland was born from america, sure, but made this piece after spending 25 years in europe.
@@rat_king-American cultural theft my ass
@@rat_king- I can't tell if you two are going through some sort of comedy bit. You think the phrase common folk or common man only exists in England? What in the hell are you on about? A brit talking about cultural theft is the funniest part lmfao 😆🤣
One of the greatest fanfares ever written and there are many great fanfares that have been written.
There's something so incredibly comforting about this piece. It's sparse and golden and makes me feel okay when things are terrible.
2024, not so much.
Shoes I agree with you. As a Canadian I see our neighbours to the south as a shining light to rest of the nations of the world. Never has any one nation had so much to offer and given so much.Never has one nation been so fierce and steadfast in war yet so magnanimous and forgiving in peace. I for one am glad that we have you as neighbours. God bless both our countries.
God bless Canada and its people, from the U.S.
Thank you for the kind words Mr. Alexander. As an American I struggle every day, sorting out our weaknesses and, we have plenty. Nice of you to point out a strength. It is comforting to know that we have solid allies to the North.
Thanks, Canada. I'm glad you're our neighbor, too. I'm from south Texas, though, and you're just a bit too cold for me!
Many thanks to you and yours Mr. Alexander. Southern Georgia, USA
paul alexander america is coming back to the tune of this song and to the title
judging by the graphics, this should be called Fanfare for the Common Spaceman
Yea true
Are we not all living in space?
No kidding
An ode to his influence on Williams
Or Fanfare for the Common UFO Alien Conspiracy Theory
From Stoke-on-Trent, England. It's time to meet the record-breaking, history making, sixteen time champion of the world. It's Phil. The Power. Taylor!
I've got the power!
I love this piece & I like to think of it as a salute to those of us who live our lives quietly, w/out being particularly famous or well-known---b/c we compose the rock upon which all those folks in the history books stand. Thank you, Mr. Copeland, for recognizing us as the REAL examples of humanity.
My name is Carol Cody. I was married to Tom Cody. "Fanfare For the Common Man" was one of Tom's favorite pieces, and the other was "The Mission", and you can hear the strains of that at the end of NBC Nightly News. The Common Man built our roads and our bridges, our cities of skyscrapers, and the Common Man cleaned it up after 9/11. Do not forget the Artists in the WPA, John Steinbeck, and the theater, and the photojournalists who captured life through their lens. It is LABOR DAY weekend. Please remember and never forget those who labored to build our roads, preserve our Arts, and send it on to the next generation. That was me, the next generation. Now it is your turn. I hope that I helped the next generation when it was my turn. I'm thinking that I did, because I keep running into 40 year old "kids" who tell me I look so familiar to them, asking me if I was a teacher, or telling me that I was a school counselor. My answer is, "I was your school nurse, and thank you for remembering me." A child grows up and remembers my face, now decades older, and I am once again in a place of love. Respect the men who collect your trash, and I note, it is your trash, and they know how to handle it for you. Please listen to Aaron Copland's "Fanfare For The Common Man", for that is you, and it is me.
Thank you. I am a school teacher. I feel 10 feet tall when a former student stops me and thanks me for teaching them!
Truer
You said it perfectly. Your sentence, "The common...9/11" ought to be inscribed on a plaque at the 9/11 Memorial.
I am young, but reading this makes me feel wise, for I have a message to pass on to my friends, who will hopefully remember it, and respect it.
Well said. The art from the 30's is everywhere; murals in post offices, the Main Lodge at Yellowstone. Work has a way of moving us forward, restoring and purifying us. It was work that got me over a mean, mean death. It was work that raised my children. Work is the canvas upon which I have done the things of which I am most proud. I met, not to say I knew well, Mr. Copeland. If you would care to hear it, I will tell you where the theme of Rodeo came from. A great story of chance
This song sends chills down my spine. Beautiful, surreal, wonderful! All the multitude of "common men" that have struggled and strove throughout history for what they believed in; they hath bequethed us all that we now take for granted.
Fanfare for the Common Man: shows pictures of space and whales
It's because the work of common men got us to space in the first place
It’s 2020. We are on the precipice of whales declaring their pronouns.
It should really show coal miners, truck drivers, and gamers.
@@josefk5659 🤣
@@josefk5659 BEST. COMMENT. EVER.
Oh wow, the shivers this sends down my spine! Only one word can describe this piece of music, majestic.
What’s the word!?🥴
If anyone clicked on this video for inspiration and a sense of wonder in times like these you are not alone. Let the Fanfare for the Common Man give you hope that humanity with the grace of God can overcome anything.
Eventime I listen to this, I stand up clenching my fist, squinting my eyes, and take a deep breath, makes me feel like a man everytime.
Why don't you actually become a man.
+Christian Rhod lol
You reminded me Clint Eastwood for some reason.
During WWII, a number of fanfares were commissioned for the Army, the Navy etc. Copeland was commissioned to write a fanfare for the common man. Those who sacrificed daily. Who did without. Who worked defense jobs 14 hours a day to ensure sufficient supplies. Of all the fanfares written for WWII, this is the one we remember.
For me, this is the greatest piece of music I’ve ever heard. For its intent. For its emotion. For its beauty. For whom its intended.
I love this song so much. It really has an impact on me. I am playing this with a group of friends, and it is so inspiring and powerful. This is one of my all time favorites.
chills... what perfect music. If this doesn't make you feel misty nothing will..
In the grand orchestral tapestry of human history, ‘Fanfare of the Common Man’ emerges as a stirring anthem of resilience and triumph. From the medieval serfs to the civil rights activists, from the Magna Carta to the struggles of the common folk, this piece embodies the enduring spirit of ordinary people who dared to challenge the status quo in pursuit of justice and equality.
As the resounding brass and thunderous percussion resound, they echo the struggles and triumphs of generations past. From the fields of feudal England to the bustling streets of modern-day cities, this fanfare serves as a testament to the indomitable will of the common man and woman.
In the corridors of power and the streets of protest, the English people have long fought for the common good, challenging injustice and oppression with unwavering determination. From the Magna Carta, which laid the groundwork for democracy and individual rights, to the countless struggles of everyday heroes, this fanfare pays homage to their sacrifices and achievements.
So let us stand in awe of the resilience and fortitude of those who have gone before us, whose courage and determination have shaped the course of history. For in the fanfare of the common man, we find not just music, but the echoes of a thousand battles fought and won in the name of freedom, justice, and the common good. Bravo! 🎊
One of the best things that America has offered to the world is not
armies or consumer products, but works of artistic beauty and hope. In
Aaron Copland we can see the real America and its inhabitants, not the
way most of them see themselves, but the way a poet sees them through
the ages, in their humility and true potential for greatness.
Gativideo :
Thank you for introducing me to this masterpiece !
Emerson, Lake and Palmer brought me here. Glad they did!
I heard this song for the first time today.
I found out its meaning a minute ago.
I wept.
+Michael Moreno description
shafr.org/sites/default/files/Wallace%2CCommonMan.pdf
Henry Wallace?! Wallace was so much for freedom, he was a crypto-communist. The great freedom of the common man in the USSR... Jesus wept.
me too , really i swept too now-never heard something so fine
You don't to have be a commie to enjoy it.
This was actually one of 18 fanfares that were composed at the invitation of Eugene Gossens who was the musical director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1942. He asked them to write stirring, patriotic fanfares to be dedicated to one of the branches of the armed forces. They were all play over the course of the 1942 season in Cincinnati and "Fanfare for the Common Man" had its musical debut there on March 12, 1942. Copeland gave great thought to his choice of title, working through about six or seven others before deciding on "Fanfare for the Common Man", a very insightful acknowledgement that every citizen in the country at that time was needed, dedicated to, and sacrificing in the defense of democracy.
Arthur Hunt Thanks for the little-known historic backdrop - makes me want to hear the other fanfares...
This piece gives me such an amazing feeling; US Navy RTC 1997-1998. Constantly playing US Navy videos in the galley with this instrumental piece. Brings back memories.
Tracy, I saw your comment and was struck by it! I produced the original piece with this theme many years before. When first presented, the Admiral stood up and applauded. I'm now 72 but will never forget the feeling when I first discovered how well hearing Copland's music and at the same time seeing the vastness of the ocean at the same time made me feel. I can not take full credit tho..I had a writer that did the words and a music guy who suggested the song. What I can take credit for is finding that opening picture with all its vastness. Thanks for what I consider a complement to something I worked very hard on a long time ago.
Went in at the same time.
Hey. Started my days on a Coast Guard cutter with this piece. Days starting at 0300 to get on the flying bridge or over the chart table. Semper Paramus.
Just read the description. Didn't realise this had a deeper meaning, thought was just a song....Thank you to all the brave men and women who put their lives on the line to keep the world safe.
You mean keep the oil safe for Western interests.
Hi Nick.
I Agree with You.
I wanted to also Mention, "Thanking the Men & Women in Uniform", who put their Lives on the Line, to Keep America Safe"..🇺🇸🇺🇸
Instead of Using Aliens in this video, whoever Made this video, should have used Movie Clips & Scenes, from the Movie, "Saving Private Ryan", Since this Song, "Fanfare For The Common Man" was Used, IN That Movie.. That would have been Imagery, that People COULD Correlate, with this Special Song!! It is also used, as a Musical Tribute, Honoring those, who Engaged in WWII. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😎😉😊😉👌👍
@@TheCatJoker Calm down hippie.
@@ashleyyago3798 I'm English and support British troops. But I have a lot of respect for the American troops as well.
I find it so funny. This was used at the start of the VHS distribution service "Gativideo" in Argentina. All Argentinians know it as "the Gativideo intro" 😁
GATIVIDEO PAPAAAAAAAAAA, aguante el Diegoooo
@@bolchinsky jajajajaja
Es cierto por Dios!!!!. Mis padres tienen videos y creí que la música había sido compuesta por Gattivideo!!!!!. Que burra!!!!!
I’ve been waking my daughter up to this song for years- she’s almost 5. Start each day with greatness, right?
One of the greatest compositions of all time!
i remember this song playing as i was being born. nobody could figure out where it was coming from.
Cool!
You remembered things as soon as you came out of the womb? 😂😂
We all started as common men (and women), it’s only when we are challenged and overcome these challenges that we become uncommon.
Also, I wake my 2 year old up to this song almost every day, so I love it.
Sólo les diré "Fanfarría para el hombre común" una obra maestra , interpretada por Eugene Ormandy con la Philadelphia Orchestra. En pocos minutos expresa todo.
Me encanto amigo Bernardo. Muchas gracias.
Buenas noches
María Alejandra Dominguez Gracias, Maria Alejandra, buenas noches, besos.
Gracias por compartir .
ma. de lourdes Parra Gracias a ti por observarla, besos.
La conocí gracias a Emerson, Lake y Palmer. Es magnífica!!
Skip ahead to April of 2020 and the Covid 19 pandemic: Although half of us are working normally or almost normally at home, many are out of work, and others are risking their health and sanity taking care of us, whether in hospitals or just delivering our mail and providing food. For this third group, Fanfare should be played every day.
and some are put in safe houses like me! heavent seen anyone exept for my family in months
OUTSTANDING IDEA!!!!!
You want the common man he and she are first off the ramp in the assault boat into the jaw's of death.
We are in the people!
The common man is the hero right now. Iam proud to be one of the mundane and drudging classes now is our finest hour.
I always hear this whenever I see images of space, spaceships and shuttles. Space and Fanfare for the Common Man go hand in hand very well together.
There are extraterrestrial
throughout our God's
created universe.
They are known as
Angels, Cherubim, Seraphim,
& thousands more that
our little minds couldn't
even begin to understand
in our present bodies
of clay !!!!!!!
They have & are constantly
going from light years to
God's earth & who knows
where else in our vast
universe.
Praise God !!!!!!!
I heard this song for the first time in 1963 @ 10yrs old. It became my lifetime mantra. Nothing has got in my way since.
Would you all rise for the world anthem for the human race of the planet Earth.
+hYpNoXiDe i've been saying that for years now. i see no honor in being "common". i instead see only mediocrity and laziness and a penchant for trying to drag down others. i have failed a thousand times and i would rather fail a thousand times more than live in mediocrity.
i think that people can genuinely be far above average in just about anything. they can be brilliant mechanics, chefs, musicians, carpenters, electrical engineers and on and on and on ad nasueum. most however, would rather do "just enough". i hate that mentality. they are the ones who wish to be ruled over and to have their hands held and demand that we sink to our knees along with them. i don't want to rule and i don't want to be ruled. they are incapable of thinking outside of the box and in abstract terms. they are the ones who demand a pat on the back for doing the bare minimum. i'd rather give them a kick in the ass.
however, this is a fantastic song
+hYpNoXiDe You should take pride in the human race we learn from our mistakes and become stronger but if we mess up so what.
+hYpNoXiDe I believe the song is meant to be fanfare to all levels of society. It's not meant to celebrate mediocrity, but rather to celebrate society as a whole. the whole point is to contrast the fanfares of old that only celebrate nobles.
hYpNoXiDe Youre just choosing to define common man as mediocrity. It just as easily means any given man and more often than not does mean any given man. And no, I did not contradict myself, you simply mistook my meaning likely because I may not have been entirely specific. I meant to say the fanfares of old only celebrated the nobles and the upper class, whereas this is intended to celebrate not only nobles but all other classes as well. Even if this is meant to celebrate specifically the middle man in society, why is that such a bad thing? You're just looking at it in a very pessimistic light. The people in the middle are necessary to a society. They're the school teachers, the construction workers, etc. Sure greatness should be celebrated, but so too should the roles that the everyday man plays.
+hYpNoXiDe
I wish I could flag comment series for getting to the point where human disagreement where both sides think they are right cause a major philosophical battle.
All in all though I think that if there was no common man then society would fall apart the economy would fail and another country would raid us and tell us to stop being idiots, thats what happened in rome and thats whats happening in America. There is slowly becoming just the rich or poor no common man. I will go now
Few pieces are as rousing as this 🎼🎼👏🏾👏🏾
I've loved this song ever since I was a little kid. I would listen to it often during the credits of a morning TV program, in the NYC area. While listening to it - in my mind and heart - I would travel to the distant future and distant past.
My great uncle Orin died on Omaha Beach in Normandy France on June 6, 1944. God rest his soul.
My father was part of the 100th Infantry Division formed the same year this was written. A diligent student he was chosen for “ASTP” or the Army Specialized Training Program after completing a battery of tests. Many college campuses were used for the program, the Navy had something similar and he was ordered to The Citadel along with his best friend, and with the two of them the Valedictorian and Salutatorian of their HS Class of ‘41 (aka Cannon Fodder). As an apprentice machinist (no money for college) my Dad was draft-exempted but joined anyway. Not sure but the temptation of earning college credits or Patriotism was the leading reason for “taking some risks.) Long story short, ASTP was broken up due to a lack of fighting age men with “picket fence” enlistment profiles, the picket fence referring to 11111 across the board at induction physicals, that is, scoring perfectly with regard to health and nutrition (The Depression took a toll), absence of physical and mental limitations etc.
When ASTP broke up, the 100th ID was formed with half the troops arriving from ASTP postings. Our future doctors and lawyers, my dad, a future lawyer joined the 100th while his best friend “received a pass.” Nothing to worry about he became an MD on Uncle Sam’s dime, or so he thought. Back to the 100th in a sec but “Dr. Bill” eventually found himself at an aid station on Pork Chop Hill in Korea.
The 100th was used as a parade and show division by FDR, for when he feted foreign dignitaries and for the morale of the folks on the home front. Came a time when this was brought to a close. They did their Tennessee Maneuvers in the Appalachian Mountains (a lengthy and arduous training experience when little did they know that they were earmarked for combat in the Vosges Mountains of Eastern France. Prepping after Tennessee at Fort Bragg they eventually got the call and boarded troop trains for NYC Harbor and a landing in Marseille, France where they were the first relief division into the line after the Operation Dragoon spearhead. Anyway, they earned a reputation as crack troops (overwhelming 7 Wehrmacht and an SS division).
Many years later, in pursuit of a B.A. I needed two courses in the Arts, one I chose (real tough) was Music Appreciation where I first heard this Aaron Copland composition and gave a recording to my mother, it sounded like “the stuff” she played. Come to find out, it was a standard for when my Dad’s division was putting on a show. Fanfare for the Common Man is nothing less than a rejoinder toHitler’s fevered dreams of a master race by an American composer who just so happened to be Jewish, making it all the more poignant.
Lastly, both of my parents are now at rest in Arlington, she a navy surgical nurse and he a front line infantryman, the communications sergeant (with the unenviable task of relaying the company commander’s orders to the rifle platoons or laying wire between them when they dug new positions. I don’t know what my parents did in WWII through anything they ever said to me, I learned what they did from their comrades at graveside in Arlington. Seriously, no joke, The Greatest Generation.
The generation that we know so little about.
Hi TheCreativeNuisance.
I'm Sorry, to hear about Your Loss of Your Parents. They were Members of the Service, and For that, I Would like to "Thank-You, For Their Service". 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
If they were alive today, I Would "Salute" ALL Service Men & Women!!
What Generation, were Your Parents?? 2nd Generation?? That is Probably the Generation, that We have come to Grow with & Love, but Not know very much, about.😞
I am 4th Generation, and My Grandparents were in the 2nd Generation. My Grandfather, & 3 or 4 Uncles, All Served in the US Army, WWII, and, in the Vietnam War.
My Dad, was a Service man, in the US Navy.. 😊😊😊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The trumpets in my band are playing this as part of our marching show this year, and so far they're nailing it. This piece is amazing!
Eugene Ormandy & the Philadelphia Orchestra did a fantastic version of Fanfare for the Common Man. When I listen to this, I picture myself as visiting the Boulder Campus of the University of Colorado on a college visit as a high school Senior in February of 1972. That was where I wanted to attend college, but my draft n7mber was called and grades weren’t high enough for me to get into the University of Colorado, Penn State University where my late father went to.
I play this every morning getting ready for work.
I feel like this piece is so simple yet so beautifully complex at the same time, just wow
this is my morning alarm clock song... i get out of bed in slow motion
1975 or 76 Aaron Copland came to Western CT State College and conducted his piece.. so fortunate to be one of the trombone players.
My name is Chester, and on this day, June 6th 2020 I have finally been liberated from all the pain and tears, everything I've ever wanted has finally come back, for the first time, the feelings of happiness! This song is perfect to start what is a new day after a monumental success five years in the making, let there be peace!
Copland composed 'Fanfare For The Common Man' in tribute to and a celebration of the what he believed would be the ultimate triumph of free men over despotism, of democracy and popular government over monarchism, fascism, colonialism, imperialism and dictatorship.
He saw this as a long struggle over many centuries which was coming to a head during WWII and in the 20th century.
He was right. None of the empires that existed at the beginning of the 20th century were still existing at century's end. What we are facing today is a 'mopping up' operation, basically, as hundreds of former colonies, now 'new' nations, are struggling to find their way to govern themselves when they have never had to do that before. And former empires and minor empire wannabes are discovering that there is not much vacuum for them to fill.
The world is a smaller place now than it was when the great colonial empires arose centuries ago. There is little space left for the despots. We are truly in a new age of the common man.
Dude, TL;DR
I would like to agree with you, but I think the theme for the day is "Fanfare For Our Corporate Overlords."
naive as hell
The piece had a rich history behind it, which is what makes so many pieces (including this one) more than just blah.
you are reading WAY too much into it
Every man owes a death in his time, but my time is not now.
In the winter of 1977, in western New York State, I was directing an outdoor Museum. I had a federal grant to hire ten guys for a year to put in a railroad line to run the Museum's collection on. That was the winter where the cold snap, with no wind, and no clouds, would go up to minus 3 at noon. Cold for New York. Well, that was also the time when people were junking their 'Consoles', large pieces of furniture that played records, radio, an T&V. Just throwin them out, And they had 14-inch speakers. I rounded up a few of these things, and used their amplifacation to power ten speakers. So, early, like 8AM, these guys would pull the door open on the huge barn, the main gallery of the Museum, to spend the day laying track. A test of a man's (then, all men) ability to endure pain. I'd pop in my EL&P cassette Fanfare for the Common Man. Fanfare. FanFare. Take Pride in being a Common Man. The neighbors called the police. On the second morning they came over to see what was goin on. I have rarely felt so alive. Thank You, Mr Copeland. Thank You, Messrs E, L & P
I enjoy this piece, especially the major sixth chords. This was played at a concert years ago by an orchestra that I play in,. Being a string player, I was not involved but listened to it and was impressed - the major sixths stood out!
"Soldiers, don't give yourselves to brutes! Men who despise you, who regiment your lives--tell you what to do, what to think, what to feel--who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men... Machine men! With machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are MEN! You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don't hate--only the unloved hate, the unloved and unnatural. Soldiers, don't fight for slavery, fight for liberty! In the seventeenth chapter of Saint Luke it is written, 'The Kingdom of God is within Man.' Not one man, nor a group of men, but in ALL men! In YOU! You, the people, have the power--the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful! To make this life a wonderful adventure! Then, in the name of DEMOCRACY, let us USE that power! LET US ALL UNITE!" --Charlie Chaplin
0:53 Keep expecting Keith Emerson's keyboards to kick in.
Yes me too. Who orchestrated the ELP original? Did the Police ever perform this or did Stewart Copland write this especially for ELP? 8^)
@@davidmcclanahan8589 Say again?
@@davidmcclanahan8589 stewart copeland and aaron copeland are 2 different persons
There is a reason why music is not allowed to be heard by athletes. It is the equivalent of giving them adrenaline shots every few seconds. This music can make a second class athlete beat a world record.
I work, love and support my family, give to those less fortunate, and give of my time to make my corner of the world better. This allows those who are more talented, smarter, visionaries of the future, risk takers, to make a better world for all of us. I am the Common Man
In my mind, this piece of music represents the spirit of America. It represents the very soul of my nation's Founding Fathers, the egalitarian spirit they created, and the ambition they instilled in the people of this land. That is what America is to me. It is the strive for greatness, and hope for a brighter future.
In my opinion, you shouldn't share yours. The founding fathers were rebels. Their ancestors were English, they were just selfish and wanted to be a whole. But I guess the winning side gets to write history and boast their triumph as much as they please.
Brett Atkinson
The founding fathers were selfish? King George III was obstinate, foolish, and left the founding fathers no choice but to fight. Please take your unwarranted English snobbery elsewhere.
Oh god I started a flame war didn't I? I'm sorry everyone else.
Brett Atkinson Lighten up. It's a fantastic song!! Look in a mirror, too, while your at it.
I agree. It's unfortunate that Aaron Copland was a communist though.
If he had written nothing but THIS, his existence would have been justified...
my wife is a grandniece of Aaron
copeland..we have a baton he used to open the Lincoln center along with
notes written during "billy the kid"
photos with E.L.P.
In Guzman Hall, soon before his death, only steps from Aaron, & complete orchestra, one of the greatest days of my entire life, he was simply the best of the best, oh how I loved him, even @18 I so wished to touch him softly tell him how I loved him so, In Honor Of Mr. Aaron Copland, RIP.......
Esto es un himno al platena Tierra, y si está melodía lo conocí por la película de Lucha Libre "Listos para luchar" y la verdad al escuchar la versión completa es lo mejor Saludos desde Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, MÉXICO 🇲🇽🇲🇽
Desde el minuto 2:08 está el sampler de Queen: We Will Rock You.
i feel like this song is celebrating all of human kind's accomplishments ever
He wrote this piece as part of a National Contest after WWII to depict America's Greatness, Exceptionalism and Victory at War's End. He Won! I believe his competitors' contributions have sadly been lost. Would have been interesting to hear them. Also sad is that whoever posted this site has attributed his music to something that had nothing to do with the original purpose behind it.
Thanks to aliens and whales, you mean. Show some gratitude, common (hu)man.
That greatness, which was then sold off and pissed away, and away, and away...
I marched to this piece in my junior year of high school when I did marching band. We started the show with Fanfare for the Common Man
He's the record breaking, history making, sixteen times the champion of the WOOOOOORRRRRRRLLLLLDDD... #OnePhilTaylor
Beautiful video to go along with this favorite piece of Aaron Copland's music that I love.
I'd like to hear Aaron Copeland's rendition of the many times Joe Biden said "come on man" during the campaign. "Fanfare for the Come On Man".
XD probably would be worth it.
Why are people like this 🤣🤣
Haha. So funny
@@bullsseye11 Because it’s funny, and you know… the thing.
This was played at the funeral for my grandpa who i never really knew. He "flew a desk" for the airforce during Korea and worked in software development afterwards. He could've done better as a father, apparently. Regardless, I wish i could've met ya Donald.
Habré visto y oído, cien veces, Aaron Copland- Fanfare For The Common Man. Esta es la mejor versión de todas. Fantástica.............I will have seen and heard, a hundred times, Aaron Copland- Fanfare For The Common Man. This is the best version of all. Fantastic
Who else thinks of Captain America when this plays!? It fits the whole criteria of the song!!!!
God Bless America, and God Bless Aaron Copland for awesome music
I am from the United States...and I dare say it is a wonderful place to live...and Aaron Copland would concur.
I cry every time I hear this piece...Mankind is destined to die, but hopefully, this song will survive in the future...Whether it be in another dimension or another planet after our Sun expands to engulf the Earth one billion years from now. I hope mankind will be able to travel to other planets to continue to bring such music into the future.
You had me until ET and his cousin showed up
I like to see this piece as the theme song to mankind as a whole, it's too awesome for only one country.
This song celebrates the human drive, intellect, and will, and what is best in us as a species.
Too bad that we so very often are found to be lacking a conscience....
It is not a song! It is a piece of music.
One of the very tippy top songs in the world....much love...well done...
The greatest piece of music ever composed for the horn.
times a 1,000
This was in the pro wrestling comedy 'Ready To Rumble'.; It was the theme song for Oliver Platt's character. He played a WCW wrestler by the name of Jimmy King & it fit his character, perfectly, in my view.
Also, in some parts of this song, it kinda sounds like the beginning of the theme song to 'Under Siege 2: Dark Territory' by Basil Poledouris.
I’m a freshman at heights high school, and I’m in the marching band, our show actually has parts from both this song and Tchaikovsky’s 4th symphony, it’s really cool
Jackson 5 Medley 2001 brought me here :) such a beautiful piece of music! How can somebody dislike this?
Fanfare for the Uncommon Alien.
Wasn't even looking for this song and somehow found it
👍👍 👍 12 Years later ( 2022 ), this majestic musical 🎼 masterpiece🥇 still sends shivers down my spine. 👏 👏 👏
❤ this tune ! Ranks right up there with the themes from Chariots of Fire 🔥 and Saving Private Ryan [ The closing cemetery scene where Ryan, as an old man now visits Normandy where his fallen comrades are buried 😢, and it never fails to bring a tear to my eye. And it's especially poignant as Ryan asks his wife, " Have I Been A Good Enough Man To Earn This ? " Referring to I believe is his future and life preserved at the expense of his fallen buddies!
Surely more appropriate on the Sixth day?
*God his rubs hands together*
"Hit it, boys!"
*Creates Man whilst this plays.*
Good comment.
"I don't know, therefore aliens."
-Giorgio A. Tsoukalos
Yeah, that's his answer to literally everything 😂
I get energy when I listen to this. There no task I cannot do!!!
Erich Maria Remarque's "All quiet on the Western Front" is to soldiers the world over what Copland's music is to humanity at large. Great stuff like this transcends nationality.