What to listen for in music

Copland, Aaron 1900-1990 (Author). Rich, Alan, (author of foreword.). Slatkin, Leonard, (author of introduction.).

Summary: Whether you listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland invites you to ask yourself two basic questions: Are you hearing everything that is going on? Are you really being sensitive to it? If you cannot answer yes to both questions, you owe it to yourself to read this book. With his provocative suggestions, Copland guides you through a deeper appreciation of the most rewarding of all art forms. This classic works, the only book of its kind written by an eminent American composer.

Record details

ISBN: 9780451531766
ISBN: 0451531760
Physical Description: print
xxxvi, 266 pages : music ; 18 cm
Publisher: New York, N.Y : Signet Classics, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:	"This is a revised edition of an authorized reprint of a hardcover edition published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, [2002]"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 246) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Aaron Copland : America's musical voice -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Author's note for the 1957 edition -- Preface -- Preliminaries -- How we listen -- The creative process in music -- The four elements of music : I. Rhythm -- The four elements of music : II. Melody -- The four elements of music : III. Harmony -- The four elements of music : IV. Tone color -- Musical texture -- Musical structure -- Fundamental forms : I. Sectional form -- Fundamental forms : II. Variation form -- Fundamental forms : III. Fugal form -- Fundamental forms : IV. Sonata form -- Fundamental forms : V. Free forms -- Opera and music drama -- Contemporary music -- Film music -- From composer to interpreter to listener -- Epilogue : "Since then" -- Appendix I: Typical variation formulas -- Appendix II: Contrapuntal devices -- Appendix III: Analysis of Beethoven's "Waldstein" sonata, Op. 53.