Contents: First Episode: Buckaroo Holiday • Transition • Second Episode: Corral Nocturne • Ranch House Party • Third Episode: Saturday Night Waltz • Fourth Episode: Hoe-Down.
The Shaker tune is Simple Gifts which Copland chose from a book about the Shakers, which included a collection of Shaker melodies, compiled by Edward D. Andrews and published under the title The Gift to be Simple. This melody was first used by Copland i...
