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Book cover image of What to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copland

Authors: Aaron Copland, Leonard Slatkin
ISBN-13: 9780451226402, ISBN-10: 0451226402
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: March 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland's well-known and highly regarded compositions, performed and recorded extensively throughout the world, include the Pulitzer Prize-winning ballet Appalachian Spring, and the film scores of Our Town and The Heiress.

Book 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.

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