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Now in trade paperback: "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.

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 art forms.

Ives and Copeland did not influence each other, but they each helped to define and build a place for American music and composers in the pantheon of classical music, which had been European-dominated until that time. This CD with book lays a foundation for a broader knowledge and understanding of American music in the 20th century overall. 1 CD.

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). New edition and engraving with detailed notes on the music. Includes ossias from the 1948 manuscript.

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.