"...focus on Copland's interactions with the art world (visual and otherwise) and on his music. The book documents Copland's friendships...exploring the direct exchange of ideas these relationships engendered and examining esthetic and intellectual parallels between their work and Copland's...looks at how Copland's fascination with folk and popular culture, native arts, jazz, cinema, and the search for an American national art gave form to his music..." -- dust cover. "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Aaron Copland's America: a cultural perspective, at the Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York November 4, 2000-January 21, 2001, curated by Gail Levin" -- t.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.