What to Listen for in Music
by Aaron Copland
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
McGraw Hill Book Co., 1939. Hardcover. Good. 1939. Eighteenth Printing. 281 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Minor tanning to spine and edges. Minimal marks to boards.
Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1686827284MHP
- Title
- What to Listen for in Music
- Author
- Aaron Copland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill Book Co.
- Date Published
- 1939
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- Gutter
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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