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5.0 out of 5 stars
An invaluable book, pregnant of brilliant reflections!,
By Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Copland on Music (Paperback)
Copland on music is a book that certainly should not be absent from your personal library. His author demonstrates a lexicon easily understandable by all kind of readers.
The book picks up more than thirty years of life experiences, witty reflections and sharp observations about the enriching existence of Copland around the world. In the first part we have to Copland as invited to talk about the music and its meaning. In the second chapter, he approaches about five personalities who definitively were relevant in his craft: Serge Koussevitzky (whom he met in 1923), then Nadia Boulanger, Igor Stravinsky, the critic Paul Rosenfeld and finally, the painful letter in memoriam of William Kapell. The third chapter is (to my mind) the most admirable and penetrating of all. He talks four masters: Mozart, Berlioz, Liszt and Faure with motive of his first centenary in 1945. There are four pages in which he analyzes Beethoven's musical legacy that should be kept in mind by all of us. Then, he makes a brief analysis about the youngest generation of North American composers. The next chapter deals with his sojourn in Europe spanned between 1927 and 1932 and five important Festivals: Zurich, 1926; Baden-Baden 1927; Paris, 1928; London, 1931 and Berlin, 1932. He also introduces around the South American composers. The third part of the book is dedicated to comment briefly the works of Darius Milhaud, the sharp reflections about Benjamin Britten, Stepan Wolpe, Leon Kirchner and William Schumann, as well as written publications about Virgil Thompson, Schoenberg and Bartok. The last section are occasional works: the first of them is titled. Are my ears wrong?; the interpreters and the new music, the dilemma of the North American Symphonic Orchestras and finally a reflection bout the rhythm's notation. You will be totally rewarded with this astonishing book; absolutely dismissed, overlooked and forgotten musical essays written by one the most beloved North American composers: Aaron Copland.
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