Editing Fanfare for the Common Man (section)

{{Short description|1942 musical work by Aaron Copland}}
{{for|the song by Emerson, Lake & Palmer|Fanfare for the Common Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer song)}}
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{{Infobox musical composition
| name              = Fanfare for the Common Man
| composer          = [[Aaron Copland]]
| image             = Aaron Copland 1970.JPG
| caption           = Copland in his creative office 
| form              = [[Fanfare]]
| composed          = 1942
| dedication        = [[Eugene Aynsley Goossens|Eugene Goossens]]
| duration          = 4 [[minute]]s ca. 
| scoring           = {{Hlist|[[Brass instrument|Brass]]|[[Percussion instrument|Percussion]]}}
| premiere_date     = {{Start date|1943|03|12}}
| premiere_location = [[Cincinnati Music Hall]]
| misc        = {{Audio sample 
| file        = Fanfare for the Common Man.ogg
| description = Sample from ''Fanfare for the Common Man'' performed by the [[San Francisco Symphony Orchestra]], [[Michael Tilson Thomas]] (conductor)
| filetype    = [[Ogg]]
}}}}
'''''Fanfare for the Common Man''''' is a musical work by the [[List of American composers|American]] [[composer]] [[Aaron Copland]]. It was written in [[1942 in music|1942]] for the [[Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra]] under [[Conducting|conductor]] [[Eugene Aynsley Goossens|Eugene Goossens]] and was inspired in part by a speech made earlier that year by then [[American Vice President]] [[Henry A. Wallace]], in which  Wallace proclaimed the dawning of the "Century of the Common Man".

Several alternative versions have been made and fragments of the work have appeared in many subsequent US and British cultural productions, such as in the musical scores of movies.