What to Listen for in Music (Signet Classics) - Softcover

Copland, Aaron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451531760 ISBN 13: 9780451531766

Verlag: Signet, 2011

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Whether they listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland invites readers to ask two basic questions: Are they hearing everything that is going on? Are they really being sensitive to it? With his provocative suggestions, Aaron Copland guides readers through a deeper appreciation of the most rewarding of all art forms.

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Aaron Copland’s well-known and highly regarded compositions, performed and recorded extensively throughout the world, include the Pulitzer Prize–winning ballet Appalachian Spring, as well as Billy the Kid, Rodeo, Lincoln Portrait, and the film scores of Our Town and The Heiress. On being awarded a Congressional Gold Medal in 1986, Copland was praised for his “uniquely American music that reflects the very soul and experience of our people.” During his career, Copland taught composition at Harvard and the Berkshire Music Center, lectured all over the United States, and wrote Our New Music and Music and Imagination. He died in 1990.

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• Verlag: Signet
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0451531760
• ISBN 13: 9780451531766
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
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