The musical experience of composer, performer, listener / by Roger Sessions.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages).

Edition:

First Princeton paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1971.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of America's foremost contemporary composers, professor of music at the University of California, Roger Sessions here discusses the musical experience of the composer, the performer, the listener. He believes this experience to be shared, on in which all three participants play vital roles, and in this book he speaks especially to the listener.Mr. Sessions finds that the artist-public relationships has been shifted to that of producer and consumer in big business. But his reply to his own question about a threat to the future of music is both a challenge and an expression of hope. A fascinating little book that will be read with pleasure by people at all levels of musical education.Originally published in 1950.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I.THE MUSICAL IMPULSE

II. THE "MUSICAL EAR"

III. THE COMPOSER

IV. THE PERFORMER

V. THE LISTENER

VI. MUSIC IN THE WORLD TODAY

Notes:

"Six lectures delivered in the summer of 1949, at the Julliard [sic] School of Music, New York City."

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-64697-X

0-691-62014-8

0-691-02703-X

1-4008-7104-2

OCLC:

679029189