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Aaron Copland’s book What to Listen for in Music, contained a wealth of information. There were many topics covered. Some of which were the creative process in writing, the four elements of music (rhythm, melody, harmony and tone color), musical texture and structure, and fundamental forms (sectional, variation, fugal, sonata and free). Operas, music dramas, contemporary music and film music were all discussed as well. Mr. Copland meticulously elucidates the subject matter. I wish I had more musical knowledge when reading this book. There were many terms I didn’t understand. In class I learned some things that helped me to understand the book but some of the material was over my head. I tried to look up some of the terms I did not understand, in the dictionary, but perhaps I needed some sort of music dictionary for those terms because there were quite a few of them that I could not locate. The vocabulary section in the textbook provided some assistance but there were still some terms that I could not find. It is hard to believe that this book was intended for the layperson. I can’t imagine being able to understand too much of the musical jargon without some sort of music knowledge. I think if I could read music and I cou