What to Listen for in Music

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