In nineteen forty-two, the conductor Andre Kostelanetz asked Copland to write music about a great American,Abraham Lincoln.

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They had all moved to the city to study how to write music.

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"I write music for people who may have no experience with classical music.

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So he decided to write music in a simpler way.

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It also destroyed his ability to write music.

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In nineteen forty-two, orchestra conductor Andre Kostelanitz asked composer Aaron Copland to write a piece of music about Abraham Lincoln.

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Having established groups hire composers to write new music is important, but that is not enough.

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Later,the famous American songwriter Johnny Mercer was asked to write English words to the music.

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