Music and imagination

Music and imagination / by Aaron Copland.

The six talks were intended as a free improvisation on the general theme of the role imagination plays in the art of music. The first half of the book treats of the musical mind at work in its different capacities as listener, interpreter, or creator. The second half discusses more specifically rece...

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Main Author: Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1952.
Series:Charles Eliot Norton lectures ; 1951-52.
Subjects:
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Music > 20th century > History and criticism.
Imagination.
Lectures.
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Summary:The six talks were intended as a free improvisation on the general theme of the role imagination plays in the art of music. The first half of the book treats of the musical mind at work in its different capacities as listener, interpreter, or creator. The second half discusses more specifically recent manifestations of the imaginative mind in the music of Europe and the Americas. The lectures were followed in each instance by short concerts. - Preface.
Physical Description:ix, 116 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:"Sources": pages 124-127.
ISBN:0674589157
9780674589155

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