"This is a revised edition of an authorized reprint of a hardcover edition published by McGraw-Hill Book Company"--T.p. verso.
Some reprint copies include "A new appreciation by Leonard Slatkin" (Aaron Copland : America's musical voice. c2009) (p. vii-x).
Content Note
Preliminaries -- How we listen -- The creative process in music -- The four elements of music. Rhythm ; Melody ; Harmony ; Tone color -- Musical texture -- Musical structure -- Fundamental forms. Sectional form ; Variation form ; Fugal form ; Sonata form ; Free forms -- Opera and music drama -- Contemporary music -- Film music -- From composer to interpreter to listener -- Epilogue. "Since then" / by Alan Rich -- App. 1. Typical variation formulas -- App. 2. Contrapuntal devices -- App. 3. Analysis of Beethoven's "Waldstein" sonata, op. 53.