What to listen for in music /

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...

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Main Authors: Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
Group Author: Rich, Alan; Schuman, William, 1910-1992; Slatkin, Leonard
Published: Signet Classics,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2011]
©2009
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Signet classics
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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.
Item Description: "This is a revised edition of an authorized reprint of a hardcover edition published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, [2002]"--Title page verso.
First Signet Classics printing (Slatkin essay), February 2011.
Carrier Form: xxxvi, 266 pages : music ; 17 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page [246]) and index.
ISBN: 9780451531766 (paperback) :
0451531760 (paperback)
Index Number: MT6
CLC: J605
Call Number: J605/C784-2