Copland originally wrote this as incidental music for a similarly-titled play by Irwin Shaw about a Jew who submerges his Jewish identity. The composer subsequently reworked it into a suite for trumpet, cor anglais, and string orchestra that has become better known than the play that inspired it. Th...
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Quiet City was written by Aaron Copland.
Aaron Copland released Quiet City on Tue Jan 28 1941.