How Long to Read Music for the Common Man : Aaron Copland during the Depression and War

How Long Does it Take to Read Music for the Common Man : Aaron Copland during the Depression and War?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Music for the Common Man : Aaron Copland during the Depression and War by Elizabeth B. Crist Assistant Professor of Musicology University of Texas at Austin

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In the 1930s, Aaron Copland began to write in an accessible style he described as "imposed simplicity." Works like El Salon Mexico, Billy the Kid, Lincoln Portrait, and Appalachian Spring feature a tuneful idiom that brought the composer unprecedented popular success and came to define an American sound. Yet the cultural substance of that sound--the social and political perspective that might be heard within these familiar pieces--has until now been largely overlooked. While it has long been acknowledged that Copland subscribed to leftwing ideals, Music for the Common Man is the first sustained attempt to understand some of Copland's best-known music in the context of leftwing social, political, and cultural currents of the Great Depression and Second World War. Musicologist Elizabeth Crist argues that Copland's politics never merely accorded with mainstream New Deal liberalism, wartime patriotism, and Communist Party aesthetic policy, but advanced a progressive vision of American society and culture. Copland's music can be heard to accord with the political tenets of progressivism in the 1930s and '40s, including a fundamental sensitivity toward those less fortunate, support of multiethnic pluralism, belief in social democracy, and faith that America's past could be put in service of a better future. Crist explores how his works wrestle with the political complexities and cultural contradictions of the era by investing symbols of America--the West, folk song, patriotism, or the people--with progressive social ideals. Much as been written on the relationship between politics and art in the 1930s and '40s, but very little on concert music of the era. Music for the Common Man offers fresh insights on familiar pieces and the political context in which they emerged.

How long is Music for the Common Man : Aaron Copland during the Depression and War?

Music for the Common Man : Aaron Copland during the Depression and War by Elizabeth B. Crist Assistant Professor of Musicology University of Texas at Austin is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Music for the Common Man : Aaron Copland during the Depression and War Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Music for the Common Man : Aaron Copland during the Depression and War aloud.

What Reading Level is Music for the Common Man : Aaron Copland during the Depression and War?

Music for the Common Man : Aaron Copland during the Depression and War is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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