What to Listen for in Music
By: Aaron Copland ; with introduction by William Schuman.
Edition: Rev ed.
Publisher: Mentor
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780451627353
Subjects: Music appreciation.
Description: In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to music intelligently, Aaron Copland, the eminent modern American composer, poses 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 of these 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 the composer’s 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 a great composer, features:

- Chapters on contemporary music and film music
- A list of records keyed to the chapters
- A selected list of books for further reading
Notes: First pub. 1939, rev.ed 1957, with introduction  pub. 1988, McGraw-Hill.