Richard Kostelanetz - Aaron Copland: A Reader: Selected Writings, 1923-1972

A note on the text: Except for obvious typographical errors, all of the material in this volume is reprinted as it originally appeared. The reader may notice some inconsistencies in the spelling of foreign composers names due to changing standards during the 20th century.

• Composer from Brooklyn: An Autobiographical Sketch, reprinted from The Magazine of Art (1939) and The New Music (Norton, 1968).
• How We Listen, reprinted from What to Listen for in Music (McGraw-Hill, 1939).
• Musical Structure, reprinted from What to Listen for in Music (McGraw-Hill, 1939).
• Tone Color, reprinted from What to Listen for in Music (McGraw-Hill, 1939).
• Music and the Human Spirit (1954), reprinted from Copland on Music (Doubleday, 1960).
• The American Composer Gets a Break, reprinted from American Mercury, 34 (April 1935).
• Music Between the Wars (19181939) (1941, 1968), reprinted from The New Music (Norton, 1968).
• Musical Imagination in the Americas, reprinted from Music and Imagination (Norton, 1952).
• Jazz Structure and Influence, reprinted from Modern Music, 4 (January-February 1927).
• Workers Sing! reprinted from New Masses (June 5, 1934).
• [Letter to the Editor] Varse, reprinted as Letter on Varse and the League of Composers from The New York Times (August 13, 1972).
• Opera and Music Drama, reprinted from What to Listen for in Music (McGraw-Hill, 1939).
• Tip to Moviegoers: Take Off Those Ear-Muffs, reprinted from The New York Times Magazine (November 6, 1949).
• Second Thoughts on Hollywood, reprinted from Modern Music, 17 (March-April 1940).
• Composers Report on Music in South America, reprinted from The New York Times (December 21, 1947).
• Festival in Caracas, reprinted from New York Times (December 26, 1954).
• A Note on Young Composers, reprinted from Music Vanguard, 1/1 (March-April 1935).
• Effect of the Cold War on the Artist in the U.S., previously unpublished, from The Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, by permission of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Copyright 2003 by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
• Introducing Shostakovitch at Dinner, previously unpublished, from The Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, by permission of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Copyright 2003 by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
• When Private and Public Worlds Meet, reprinted from The New York Times (June 9, 1968).
• Is the University Too Much With Us? reprinted from The New York Times (April 26, 1970).
• Tanglewoods Future, reprinted from The New York Times (February 24, 1952).
• From the 20s to the 40s and Beyond, reprinted from Modern Music, 20 (January-February 1943).
• Defends the Music of Mahler, reprinted from The New York Times (April 5, 1925).
• The Ives Case, reprinted from Modern Music, 11 (January-February 1934) and The New Music (Norton, 1968).
• Schoenbergs Expressionism, reprinted from The New Music (Norton, 1968).
• Stravinskys Dynamism, reprinted from The New Music (Norton, 1968).
• Bla Bartk, reprinted from The New Music (Norton, 1968).
• The Younger Generation of American Composers: 192659, reprinted from Modern Music, 3 and 13 (March-April 1926 and May-June 1936), New York Times Magazine, and Copland on Music (Doubleday, 1960).
• Americas Young Men of Music, reprinted from Music and Musicians, 9 (December 1960).
• George Antheil, reprinted from Modern Music, 2 (January 1925).
• The Lyricism of Milhaud, reprinted as Darius Milhaud, from Modern Music, 6 (January-February 1929).
• Thomson and Blitzstein, reprinted as Virgil Thomson and Marc Blitzstein, from The New Music (Norton, 1968).
• Composer from Mexico: Carlos Chvez, reprinted as Carlos Chvez, from The New Republic, 54 (May 2, 1928) and The New Music (Norton, 1968).
• Stefan Wolpe, reprinted from Notes, Journal of the Music Library Association (December 1948) and Copland on Music (Doubleday, 1960).
• A Visit to Snape, reprinted as Benjamin Britten, from Tribute to Benjamin Britten on His Fiftieth Birthday (Faber and Faber, 1963).
• Elliott Carter, reprinted from a 1971 publication by the American Academy of Arts and Letters Inc..
• The Pianist: William Kapell, reprinted as William Kapell, from Saturday Review, 28 (November 28, 1953) and Copland on Music (Doubleday, 1960).
• Ralph Hawkes, previously unpublished from The Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, by permission of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc., Copyright 2003 by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
• Copland on His Own Works, mostly reprinted from record jackets, concert program notes, prefaces to his scores, and manuscripts.
• Music for the Theatre, II, previously unpublished, from The Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, by permission of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Copyright 2003 by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
• Notes on a Cowboy Ballet, previously unpublished, from The Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, by permission of The Aaron Copland Foundation. Copyright 2003 by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
• Letters on Appalachian Spring, reprinted as Appalachian Spring, previously unpublished, from The Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, by permission of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Copyright 2003 by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
• Fantasy for Piano, reprinted as Piano Fantasy, I, from New York Times (October 20, 1957).
• Composing for Something Wild, reprinted as Something Wild, previously unpublished, from The Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, by permission of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Copyright 2003 by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
• From a Composers Notebook, reprinted from Modern Music, 6 (May-June, 1929).
• From a Composers Journal, reprinted from Copland on Music (Doubleday, 1960).
• The Teacher and the Pupil, previously unpublished, from The Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, by permission of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Copyright 2003 by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
• Journal from Venezuela Visit, previously unpublished, from The Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, by permission of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Copyright 2003 by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
• Latin America Tour Journal, previously unpublished, from The Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, by permission of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Copyright 2003 by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
• Letters, some previously unpublished, from The Copland Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, by permission of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Copyright 2003 by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
• Conversation with Edward T. Cone (1967), reprinted from Perspectives of New Music by permission of Edward T. Cone.

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