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Last week I attended a concert by the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, the largest classical music organization in my new hometown. One of the pieces performed was "Suite from Billy the Kid," written by the then-unknown Aaron Copland in 1939. I've heard recordings of this piece many times, but it was only at this live performance that I realized it includes a musical depiction of a poker game.

The fourth movement I had previously known only by its main title, "Prairie Night." But the program for the concert included the subtitle that had previously escaped my attention: "Card Game at Night.