"The definitive guide to musical enjoyment" (Forum). 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.
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Clark, N.A., Heflin, T., Kluball, J., Kramer, E.
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Chapter 1: Early and Renaissance Music
Chapter 2: Baroque Music
Chapter 3: The Classical Period
Chapter 4: The Romantic Era
Chapter 5: Modern Music
Article about the historical feud between Brahms, Wagner, and Liszt about the value of the restrained absolute music of Brahms verses highly emotional programmatic music of Liszt and Wagner
Article by Spencer Kornhaber published in The Atlantic magazine, May 8, 2017. Outlines protest music of the first 100 days of the Trump administration.