What to Listen for in Music (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780451226402)

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.

Author: Aaron Copland
ISBN-10: 0451226402
ISBN-13: 9780451226402
Publisher: Berkley Books
Language: English
Published: 03/03/2009
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.38w x 0.72d

About the Author
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.