Editing Aaron Copland (section)

=== Later years ===
From the 1960s onward, Copland turned increasingly to conducting. Though not enamored of the prospect, he found himself without new ideas for composition, saying, "It was exactly as if someone had simply turned off a faucet."{{sfn|Pollack|1999|p=516}} He became a frequent guest conductor in the United States and the United Kingdom and made a series of recordings of his music, primarily for [[Columbia Records]]. In 1960, [[RCA Victor]] released Copland's recordings with the Boston Symphony Orchestra of the orchestral suites from ''Appalachian Spring'' and ''The Tender Land''; these recordings were later reissued on CD, as were most of Copland's Columbia recordings (by Sony).{{sfn|Pollack|1999|p=516}}
[[File:Aaron Copland House, Cortlandt Manor, NY.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|[[Aaron Copland House|Rock Hill]], Copland's home in [[Cortlandt Manor, New York]], now a [[National Historic Landmark]]|alt=A green wooden house with stone chimney and foundation walls, seen through trees on a sunny winter day.]]
From 1960 until his death, Copland resided at [[Cortlandt Manor, New York]]. Known as [[Aaron Copland House|Rock Hill]], his home was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2003 and further designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 2008.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref> Copland's health deteriorated through the 1980s, and he died of [[Alzheimer's disease]] and [[respiratory failure]] on December 2, 1990, in [[North Tarrytown, New York]] (now Sleepy Hollow).

Following his death, his ashes were scattered over the Tanglewood Music Center near Lenox, Massachusetts.<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3rd ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 9788). McFarland & Company. Kindle Edition.</ref> Much of his large estate was bequeathed to the creation of the Aaron Copland Fund for Composers, which bestows over $600,000 per year to performing groups.{{sfn|Pollack|1999|p=548}}