which people listen to music and how to make listening a more enjoyable experience. Copland does this by categorizing how we listen into three different planes. Throughout this dissertation he goes from explaining to persuading people to have a more complex way of listening to music. The one major problem that most people have when they listen to music is they tend to listen for the pure joy of it without thinking. How do you listen to music? In the essay “How We Listen” by Aaron Copland he challenges
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Aaron Copland How We Listen This essay How We Listen by Aaron Copland deals with the three ways in which we listen to music. The three planes he talks about are sensory‚ expressive‚ and musical. Copland begins the essay with the simplest way of listening to music‚ or the sensuous plane. This is when we listen to music simply just for pleasure. It does not require any thought process. It’s a way of listening to music subconsciously. Copland says most of
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17 February 2014 Richelle Mott Interpretation of Aaron Copland‚ “How We Listen”. If you find yourself spending more time with your I-pod than your television‚ have a large hard drive for your computer devoted solely to music files‚ or make like the kids in the popular television series “Glee” and randomly burst into song‚ then you most likely consider yourself quite the music aficionado. An article entitled “How We Listen” by Aaron Copland suggests otherwise. In it‚ he breaks down listening
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From the reading “How We Listen”‚ I found the ideas that Aaron Copland presented are interesting. I was entreated by his explanation of listening to music. There are three layers in listening to music‚ they are the sensuous plane‚ expressive plane‚ and the sheerly musical plane. I found myself mostly in the expressive plane‚ but lack of the awareness of listening music through a more technical mean. Music is a form an expression‚ it cannot be defined by an exact word or description. Certainly‚ there
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Aaron Copland’s essay of How we Listen divides the listening of music into 3 different planes‚ (1) the sensuous plane‚ (2) the expressive plane‚ (3) and the sheerly musical plane. In each of the sections‚ Aaron defines illustrate and compares the planes against each other. Copland says most people listen to music in the primitive “sensuous plane”‚ listening simply for sheer pleasure. The “expressive plane” is when listeners try to find the meaning behind the notes‚ what the piece is saying‚ and what
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HOW WE LISTEN TO MUSIC From What to Listen for in Music (New York: McGraw-Hill‚ 1988). Copyright © 1988 by Aaron Copland. Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (1900–1990) was a well-known modern composer. Born in New York City‚ he studied music in New York and France. His early successes in his twenties led to a musical career that included many compositions‚ piano performances‚ teaching‚ and writing. His music is marked by adaptations of American folk stories‚ including his ballet Billy the Kid
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Appalachian Spring was one of Aaron top tracks not only did it hit world wide it endure popularity as an orchestral suite. One of America influenced choreographer Martha Graham perform at the Library of Congress in Washington DC on October 30‚ 1944 which went down in history. Later that next year Aaron was awarded the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his outstanding track. Copland was extremely multi talented he was a composer‚ composition teacher‚ writer and conductor of music. Between 1935
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Christina Aispuro November 19‚ 2012 Professor Jenkins Aaron Copland Music has shaped the world since it originated and it keeps developing to inspire people. The Twentieth Century music was in the time frame of 1900 through 2009. Every musical period in time has some influences that help develop the unique styles of this era. Aaron Copland was an intelligent individual of this time. He participated in musical works from 1900 to 1990. Aaron Copland was known as the American Composer because his works
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In his essay "How We Listen‚" Aaron Copland classifies and divides the listening process into three parts: "the sensuous place‚ the expressive plane‚ and the sheerly musical plane" (1074). I believe by this mechanical separation‚ Copland succeeds in discussing difficult topic‚ so natural that most people tend to by pass it. He uses analogy and sometimes stresses on certain situation where these planes are abused or become a cause of a problem. The main purpose for Copland to separate the listening
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desire to create original and inspirational music that was uniquely American‚ Aaron Copland became one of the most decorated and respected composers of the twentieth century. Born November 14th 1900 to Jewish immigrants from Lithuania‚ Copland played piano at a very young age. He took lessons in harmony and counterpoint with Goldmark‚ an old-fashioned teacher who was dedicated to Beethoven and Fux‚ and against whom Copland rebelled‚ becoming enamored with Scriabin‚ Debussy and Ives. By the age of
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