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What to Listen for in Music

By Aaron Copland

By Aaron Copland

By Aaron Copland

By Aaron Copland

By Aaron Copland

By Aaron Copland

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Category: Music

Category: Music | Nonfiction Classics

Category: Music | Nonfiction Classics

Paperback $16.00

Mar 03, 2009 | ISBN 9780451226402

Mass Market Paperback $7.95

Feb 01, 2011 | ISBN 9780451531766

Ebook $4.99

Feb 01, 2011 | ISBN 9781101513149

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    About What to Listen for in Music

    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.

    About What to Listen for in Music

    Whether they listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland invites readers to ask two basic questions: Are they hearing everything that is going on? Are they really being sensitive to it? With his provocative suggestions, Aaron Copland guides readers through a deeper appreciation of the most rewarding of all art forms.

    About What to Listen for in Music

    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.

    About 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…. More about Aaron Copland

    About 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…. More about Aaron Copland

    About 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…. More about Aaron Copland

    Product Details

    Category: Music

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Berkley
    Mar 03, 2009 | 320 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780451226402

    Category: Music | Nonfiction Classics

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.95
    Published by Signet
    Feb 01, 2011 | 304 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780451531766

    Category: Music | Nonfiction Classics

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Signet
    Feb 01, 2011 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9781101513149
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    Table Of Contents

    What to Listen for in MusicAaron Copland: America’s Musical Voice
    Foreword
    Introduction
    Author’s Note for the 1957 Edition
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    1. Preliminaries
    2. How We Listen
    3. The Creative Process in Music
    4. The Four Elements of Music—I. Rhythm
    5. The Four Elements of Music—II. Melody
    6. The Four Elements of Music—III. Harmony
    7. The Four Elements of Music—IV. Tone Color
    8. Musical Texture
    9. Musical Structure
    10. Fundamental Forms—I. Sectional Form
    11. Fundamental Forms—II. Variation Form
    12. Fundamental Forms—III. Fugal Form
    13. Fundamental Forms—IV. Sonata Form
    14. Fundamental Forms—V. Free Forms
    15. Opera and Music Drama
    16. Contemporary Music
    17. Film Music
    18. From Composer to Interpreter to Listener
    Epilogue: “Since Then”
    Appendix I
    Appendix II
    Appendix III
    Suggested Bibliography for Further Reading
    Index

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