Copland on Music
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: January 1, 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780393001983
Copyright date: 1944, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960 by Aaron Copland
Description: Whose fault is it that the artist counts for so little in the public mind? Has it always been thus? Is there something wrong, perhaps, with the nature of the art work being created in America? Is our system of education lacking in its attitude toward the art product? Should our state and federal governments take a more positive stand toward the cultural development of their citizens?

These are some of the provocative questions which Aaron Copland raises and answers in: **COPLAND ON MUSIC**
Table of contents: pagenum: 7
title: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; pagenum: 17
title: FOREWORD; label: SECTION ONE; title: Three Talks
pagenum: 23
label: 1; pagenum: 23
title: The Pleasures of Music; pagenum: 51
title: Creativity in America; pagenum: 60
title: Music as an Aspect of the Human Spirit; title: Five Personalities
pagenum: 73
label: 2; pagenum: 73
title: The Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky; pagenum: 83
title: The Teacher: Nadia Boulanger; pagenum: 92
title: The Composer: Igor Stravinsky; pagenum: 97
title: The Critic: Paul Rosenfeld; pagenum: 100
title: The Pianist: William Kapell; title: Four Masters
pagenum: 105
label: 3; pagenum: 105
title: At the Thought of Mozart; pagenum: 108
title: Berlioz Today; pagenum: 117
title: Liszt as Pioneer; pagenum: 125
title: Fauré Centennial in America: 1945; title: From a Composer’s Journal
pagenum: 129
label: 4; label: SECTION TWO
title: The Twenties and the Thirties: How It Seemed Then; title: The Younger Generation of American Composers: 1926-59
pagenum: 141
label: 1; pagenum: 151
title: 1926: America’s Young Men of Promise; pagenum: 142
title: 1936: America’s Young Men—Ten Years Later; pagenum: 164
title: 1949: The New “School” of American Composers; pagenum: 175
title: 1959: Postscript for the Generation of the Fifties; title: European Festivals and Premières: A Glance Backward
pagenum: 179
label: 2; pagenum: 179
title: Zurich: 1926; pagenum: 183
title: Baden-Baden: 1927; pagenum: 188
title: Paris: 1928; pagenum: 193
title: London: 1931; pagenum: 199
title: Berlin: 1932; title: The Composers of South America: 1941
pagenum: 203
label: 3; label: SECTION THREE
title: The Reviewing Stand; title: Music By:
pagenum: 221
label: 1; pagenum: 221
title: Darius Milhaud (1947); pagenum: 225
title: Benjamin Britten (1947); pagenum: 228
title: Stefan Wolpe (1948); pagenum: 230
title: Leon Kirchner (1950); pagenum: 233
title: William Schuman (1951); title: Books About:
pagenum: 237
label: 2; pagenum: 237
title: Virgil Thomson’s Musical State (1939); pagenum: 242
title: Schönberg and His School (1949); pagenum: 246
title: The Life and Music of Bartók (1953); label: SECTION FOUR
title: Occasional Pieces; title: “Are My Ears On Wrong?”: A Polemic
pagenum: 253
label: 1; title: Interpreters and New Music
pagenum: 261
label: 2; title: The Dilemma of Our Symphony Orchestras
pagenum: 267
label: 3; title: Shop Talk: On the Notation of Rhythm
pagenum: 273
label: 4