Editing Appalachian Spring (section)

=== Wedding Day ===
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A playful, childlike melody springs from the clarinet,{{Sfn|Copland|2000|p=23}} opening the first part of "Wedding Day" and signifying the start of festivities. Graham wanted the first part to have "a little sense of a [[County fair|County Fair]], a little of a revival meeting, a party, a picnic"; Copland achieves this by relating the music to [[square dancing]] and [[fiddling]].{{Sfn|Fauser|2017|p=68}}{{Sfn|Pollack|1999|p=397}} The music becomes heavier and the jagged rhythms return for the Husbandman's [[Davy Crockett]]-esque solo; the love theme returns in the calmer music as the Husbandman carries the Bride into the home.{{Sfn|Pollack|1999|pp=397–398}} The second part of "Wedding Day" depicts the "old fashion charivari" mentioned in the scripts. The joyous and bouncy music uses [[Scale (music)|scales]] and rhythmic jolts to conjure the image of party and celebration.{{Sfn|Pollack|1999|p=398}} The Bride dances a rhythmically complex solo, similar to the Husbandman's dance in the first part. Instrument sections are clearly divided by quick jumps through changing [[Metre (music)|metres]]. The uneven rhythms are replaced by consistent eighth notes, starting a light ''presto''; here, Stravinsky's influence on Copland is evident in the ''[[Petrushka (ballet)|Petrushka]]''-like ascending and descending scales.{{Sfn|Fauser|2017|p=69}} As the music calms down with a restatement of the chorale, the Revivalist dances with his Followers before the full cast proceeds onstage. A reprise of the calm opening (marked ''as at first'') follows the characters as they exit for a walk; the light focuses on the Pioneer Woman's face, then fades into darkness as "Simple Gifts" begins.{{Sfn|Fauser|2017|p=70}}{{Sfn|Pollack|1999|p=398}}