AARON COPLAND'S NAME IS, FOR MANY, SYNONYMOUS WITH AMERICAN MUSIC. IT WAS HIS PIONEERING ACHIEVEMENT TO BREAK FREE FROM EUROPE AND CREATE A CONCERT MUSIC THAT IS RECOGNIZABLY, CHARACTERISTICALLY AMERICAN. AT THE SAME TIME, HE WAS ABLE TO STAMP HIS MUSIC W DOWN A COUNTRY LANE - IN EVENING AIR - MIDSUMMER NOCTURNE - PETIT PORTRAIT - PIANO BLUES 1&4 - RESTING-PLACE ON THE HILL - SATURDAY NIGHT WALTZ - SENTIMENTAL MELODY - SUNDAY AFTERNOON MUSIC - THE YOUNG PIONEERS