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.

• how we listen
• creative process in music
• 4elements of music -rhythm, melody, harmony, tone colour
• musical texture,structure
• fundamental forms- sectional, fugal, variation, sonata
• opera and music drama
• cont.music
• film music
• from composer to interpreter to listener

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