![]() The story told is a spring celebration of the American American pioneers of the 1800s after building a new Pennsylvania farmhouse. Copland was awarded the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music for this ballet. While writing the work over the course of a year, Copland wrote that it was somewhat foolish to do as the ballet and its corresponding scores were historically short-lived. The set was designed by the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi. The ballet, scored for a thirteen-member chamber orchestra, was created at the request of choreographer and dancer Martha Graham and commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge it premiered on October 30, 1944, at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., with Martha Graham dancing the lead role. Appalachian Spring Appalachian Spring is a ballet score by Aaron Copland that premiered on 1944 and achieved widespread popularity as an orchestral suite.
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