Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
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
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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 the Author
Aaron Coplands 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.
Table of Contents
What to Listen for in Music Aaron 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 MusicI. Rhythm
5. The Four Elements of MusicII. Melody
6. The Four Elements of MusicIII. Harmony
7. The Four Elements of MusicIV. Tone Color
8. Musical Texture
9. Musical Structure
10. Fundamental FormsI. Sectional Form
11. Fundamental FormsII. Variation Form
12. Fundamental FormsIII. Fugal Form
13. Fundamental FormsIV. Sonata Form
14. Fundamental FormsV. 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