柯普蘭（Aaron Copland, 1900-1990）為二十世紀的著名美國作曲家，以創作「美國精神」的音樂聞名，其作品帶有古典音樂的純淨之美，又融入現代作曲技法的特色，同時結合美國民族音樂特色，透過廣播、電影、唱片等新媒體將美國音樂推向國際，其作品種類涵蓋聲樂曲、室內樂、芭蕾、管絃樂曲、歌劇、電影配樂以及器樂作品。
《小提琴奏鳴曲》(Violin Sonata, 1943)，柯普蘭唯一的小提琴奏鳴曲，當時他將全新的作曲理念投入至這首樂曲中。這個時期的音樂以「功能性」為主，將音樂的元素簡單化，讓純淨、和諧的聲響自然地被聽眾接納。本研究透過作曲家的生平背景、作曲風格，整理出柯普蘭的音樂作品變化，並分析此曲的樂曲架構與創作手法。在樂曲詮釋方面，根據作曲家的創作理念及和聲聲響，對比樂譜的記號，進而探討演奏指法、弓法及詮釋理念。

Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was one of the most celebrated composer of the 20th century in the United States. His composition was known of “American” style, promoted to international through radio, movie and recordings. Copland’s music has distinctly classical style, with contemporary composing techniques to incorporated American folk tunes. His works ranged from vocal, chamber, ballet, orchestral, opera, film scores to instrumental music.
Copland only composed one violin sonata. With new composing idea and techniques, this sonata was composed in his “functional music” period, featuring pure, simple sound for audiences. The dissertation will study Copland’s musical life and compositional style, analyze the work based on its musical structure and characteristics. With the analysis and notation in sheet music, the dissertation will propose interpretations of the composition, with suggested fingerings and bowings by the author, to provide a reference to readers.

【外文書目】
Copland, Aaron. What to Listen for in Music. New York: New American Library, 1985.

Copland, Aaron and Vivian Perlis. Copland: Since 1943. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1989.

Miguel Ángel Roig-Francolí. Understanding Post-Tonal Music. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2007.

Pollack, Howard. Aaron Copland: the Life and Work of an Uncommon Man. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1999.

Richard Kostelanetz. Aaron Copland: A Reader: Selected Writings 1923-1972. New York: Routledge, 2004.

【中文書目】
黃均人。《打開阿帕拉契之夜的時光膠囊》。台北：信寶文化，2008。

何平。《柯普蘭──他寫出了美國的音樂》。台北：世界文物，2001。

【期刊資料】
Creighton, Stephen David. A Study of Tonality in Selected Works of Aaron Copland. University of British Columbia (1994). doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0088301.

Hitchcock, Hugh Wiley. Aaron Copland and American Music. Perspectives of New Music 19, no. 1/2 (1980): 31–33. https://doi.org/10.2307/832568.

Kleppinger, Stanley V. Copland’s Fifths and Their Structural Role in the Sonata for Violin and Piano. Music Theory Online, [online] 17(2), 2011. Available at: <https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.11.17.2/mto.11.17.2.kleppinger.html> [Accessed 11 July 2022].
Pollack, Howard. "Copland, Aaron." Grove Music Online. 16 Oct. 2013; Accessed 20 Sep. 2022. https://0-www-oxfordmusiconline-com.opac.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002249091.

【學術論文】
Kleppinger, Stanley V. Tonal Coherence in Copland's Music of the 1940s. Indiana University, 2006.

吳宏哲。〈柯普蘭「阿帕拉契之春」音樂分析與指揮詮釋研究〉。國立臺灣師範大學音樂研究所碩士論文，2002。

【樂譜】
Aaron Copland. The Copland Violin Collention: 13 Pieces for Violin and Piano. New York:Boosey & Hawkes.

【電子資源】
American Composers Alliance, “About ACA - Music Administration and Score catalog”, https://composers.com/content/about-aca, (Accessed 15 Jul. 2022)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, “About The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences”, https://www.oscars.org/about, (Accessed 15 Jul. 2022)

The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc, “Aaron Copland”, https://www.aaroncopland.com, (Accessed 15 Jul. 2022)

方永泉。「 爵士樂 」。《教育大辭書》，國家教育研究院，2000，https://terms.naer.edu.tw/detail/1314908/，(Accessed 15 Jul. 2022)

【影音】
Copland, Aaron. Sonata for Violin and Piano. Isaac Stern(Violin), Aaron Copland(Piano), in “Copland Performs & Conducts Copland,” Columbia Masterworks, Modern American Music Series, Publisher no. M32737, 1974. LP

Copland, Aaron. Sonata for Violin and Piano. Gil Shaham(Violin), André Previn(Piano), in “American Scenes”, Deutsche Grammophon, no. 4534702, 1998.

Copland, Aaron. Sonata for Violin and Piano. Peter Zazofsky(Violin), Paul Posnak(Piano), in “Aaron Copland Complete Works for Violin and Piano,” American Classics, Naxos, 2002, CD-ROM.