November 14, 2000 was Aaron Copland's 100th birthday and NPR celebrated with this website, pulling together a nice variety of resources on the composer, some created by NPR, and some by other organizations. As is to be expected from a 15-year-old website, a fair percentage of links no longer work, especially audio files from older NPR programs and links to Sony Classical's Discography. NPR...

Along with Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland may be considered one of the most well-known and regarded American composers of the 20th century. Copland’s accolades were many throughout his long life, and the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress has seen fit that the web-browsing public will be able to learn a great deal more about Copland’s works and life. Currently, this online...