- Copland's upcoming 100th birthday celebration marked by screening of first film he scored The City (1939) at NY's Museum of Modern Art, featuring tributes by film composers André Previn and David Raksin. (December 1999)
- He joined ASCAP in 1946.
- Kennedy Center Honoree, 1979
- HE was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1986 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
- Voiced support for the American Communist Party during his lifetime.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 198-202. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
- Died of complications from strokes and respiratory problems.
- Composer.
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