What to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copland - ISBN: 9780451226402
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Unlock music’s secrets: deeper listening, richer enjoyment, lasting appreciation.

What to Listen for in Music

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    11 May 2009

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Summary

Now in trade paperback- “The definitive guide to musical enjoyment” (Forum).

In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to both contemporary and classical music analytically, eminent American composer Aaron Copland offers provocative suggestions that will bring readers a deeper appreciation of the most viscerally rewarding of all art forms.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780451226402
ISBN-10:0451226402
Author:Aaron Copland
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Signet
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:11 May 2009
Weight:266g
Dimensions:203mm x 135mm x 18mm
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Critics Review

One of the most helpful, sensible, and enjoyable discourses on the subject ever published.

?One of the most helpful, sensible, and enjoyable discourses on the subject ever published.?
?“Victor Record Review”

?By far the best thing of its kind yet to appear.?
?“Modern Music”


aOne of the most helpful, sensible, and enjoyable discourses on the subject ever published.a
a”Victor Record Review”
aBy far the best thing of its kind yet to appear.a
a”Modern Music”

About The Author

Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland’s well-known and highly regarded compositions, performed and recorded extensively throughout the world, include the Pulitzer Prize-winning ballet Appalachian Spring, as well as Billy the Kid, Rodeo, Lincoln Portrait, and the film scores of Our Town and The Heiress. On being awarded a Congressional Gold Medal in 1986, Copland was praised for his “uniquely American music that reflects the very soul and experience of our people.” During his career, Copland taught composition at Harvard and the Berkshire Music Center, lectured all over the United States, and wrote Our New Music and Music and Imagination. He died in 1990.

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