What to Listen for in MusicNew American Library, 1988 - 307 páginas In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to music intelligently, Aaron Copland raises 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. Whether you listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland's provocative suggestions for listening to music from his point of view will bring you a deeper appreciation of the most rewarding of all art forms. This classic work, the only book of its kind written by an eminent American composer, features: - Chapters on contemporary music and film music - Recommended recordings for each chapter - A selected list of books for further reading and reference In this edition, leading music critic Alan Rich continues Copland's discussion of contemporary music for today's listeners and traces the composer's success in bringing music lovers "closer to the magical mysteries of the music we can hear and want to hear better." |
Índice
Preliminaries | 3 |
How We Listen | 9 |
The Creative Process in Music | 20 |
The Four Elements of MusicI Rhythm | 33 |
The Four Elements of MusicII Melody | 49 |
The Four Elements of MusicIII Harmony | 61 |
The Four Elements of MusicIV Tone Color | 78 |
Musical Texture ΙΟΙ | 101 |
Fundamental FormsI Sectional Form | 127 |
Fundamental FormsII Variation Form | 142 |
From Composer to Interpreter to Listener | 158 |
Fundamental FormsIII Fugal Form | 160 |
Fundamental FormsIV Sonata Form | 176 |
Fundamental FormsV Free Forms | 199 |
Opera and Music Drama | 216 |
Contemporary Music | 242 |
Musical Structure | 113 |
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