Editing Appalachian Spring (section)

== Instrumentation ==
The original ballet and subsequent suite for chamber orchestra are scored for:{{Sfn|Copland|Crist|Shirley|2008|p=157}}<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 7, 2019 |title=''Appalachian Spring'': Complete Ballet for 13 Instruments, As Premiered by Martha Graham in 1944 |url=https://www.aaroncopland.com/works/appalachian-spring-ballet-in-one-act-for-thirteen-instruments/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813145647/https://www.aaroncopland.com/works/appalachian-spring-ballet-in-one-act-for-thirteen-instruments/ |archive-date=August 13, 2023 |access-date=August 13, 2023 |publisher=Aaron Copland |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=July 16, 2019 |title=''Appalachian Spring'' Suite: Version for 13 Instruments |url=https://www.aaroncopland.com/works/appalachian-spring-suite-for-thirteen-instruments/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813151114/https://www.aaroncopland.com/works/appalachian-spring-suite-for-thirteen-instruments/ |archive-date=August 13, 2023 |access-date=August 13, 2023 |publisher=Aaron Copland |language=en}}</ref>

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'''[[Woodwind]]s'''
:1 [[Western concert flute|flute]]
:1 [[clarinet]] in B{{flat}}
:1 [[bassoon]]
'''[[Percussion]]'''
:[[piano]]
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'''[[String instrument|Strings]]'''
:2 first and 2 second [[violin]]s
:2 [[viola]]s
:2 [[cello]]s
:1 [[double bass]]
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The suite for orchestra and ballet arrangement for orchestra are scored for:<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=July 16, 2019 |title=''Appalachian Spring'' Suite: Version for Orchestra |url=https://www.aaroncopland.com/works/appalachian-spring-suite-for-full-orchestra/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813152613/https://www.aaroncopland.com/works/appalachian-spring-suite-for-full-orchestra/ |archive-date=August 13, 2023 |access-date=August 13, 2023 |publisher=Aaron Copland |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 9, 2019 |title=''Appalachian Spring'': Newly Completed Orchestration of the Full Ballet, 2016 |url=https://www.aaroncopland.com/works/appalachian-spring-ballet-in-one-act-for-full-orchestra/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813152614/https://www.aaroncopland.com/works/appalachian-spring-ballet-in-one-act-for-full-orchestra/ |archive-date=August 13, 2023 |access-date=August 13, 2023 |publisher=Aaron Copland |language=en}}</ref>

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'''[[Woodwind]]s'''
:2 flutes (second doubling [[piccolo]])
:2 [[oboe]]s
:2 clarinets in B{{flat}}
:2 bassoons
'''[[Brass instrument|Brass]]'''
:2 [[French horn|horns]] in F
:2 [[trumpet]]s in B{{flat}}
:2 [[trombone]]s
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'''[[Percussion]]'''
:[[timpani]]
:[[glockenspiel]]
:[[xylophone]]
:[[cymbal]]s
:[[Triangle (musical instrument)|triangle]]
:[[claves]]
:[[Woodblock (instrument)|woodblock]]
:[[bass drum]]
:[[snare drum]]
:[[tambourine]]
:piano
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'''[[String instrument|Strings]]'''
:violins I, II
:violas
:cellos
:double bass
:[[harp]]
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