THE FIRST SET OF OLD AMERICAN SONGS WAS COMPLETED IN 1950, THE SAME YEAR THAT COPLAND FINISHED HIS OTHER MAJOR SONG SET, TWELVE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON. WHILE COPLAND WAS WRITING THE SONGS, TENOR PETER PEARS AND COMPOSER BENJAMIN BRITTEN CAME TO VISI THE BOATMEN'S DANCE - THE DODGER - LONG TIME AGO - SIMPLE GIFTS - I BOUGHT ME A CAT - THE LITTLE HORSES - ZION'S WALLS - THE GOLDEN WILLOW TREE - AT THE RIVER - CHING-A-RING CHAW

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