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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here One of America’s most famous musical compositions has a powerful spiritual core. In 1942, dancer and choreographer Martha Graham approached the composer Aaron Copland and asked him to write a ballet with “an American theme.” What he created was Appalachian Spring, an uplifting composition that more than a few music critics have hailed as… Read more »