Re: [math-fun] OECP? music-fun?

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 11:54 AM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote: How did VII-flat - V - I become a cowboy

movie cliche? Does it trace back to actual cowboy music, or is it purely a Hollywood creation? And what are the antecedents in classical music? There may be a fun story here, but how would one search the internet to find it?

I haven't found it, but I think this might come from somewhere in either Rodeo or Billy the Kid: I think Copland shaped our notion of what sounds "American West" in music. Andy