This composer was inspired by Heitor Villa-Lobos’s piece O gato e o rato for his first published work with the translated title The Cat and the Mouse. This composer included the note “nonchalant but precise” in a heavily syncopated piece for two pianos titled for a type of 2/4 partner dance. This composer significantly used the heckelphone in his second symphony, dedicated to Carlos Chávez and nicknamed (*) “Short.” This composer of Danzón cubano imitated the jarabe (“hah-RAH-bay”) dance and adapted a folk song called “The Fly” in a piece that depicts “A Popular Type Dance Hall in Mexico City,” El Salón México. This composer pulled from a Henry Wallace speech for a brass-heavy piece that opens with a trumpet fanfare. For 10 points, name this composer of Fanfare for the Common Man and Appalachian Spring. ■END■
ANSWER: Aaron Copland
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