Penguin Books Australia

In Try Whistling This , join a perceptive critic on a pleasurable journey through music and musicians, ideas and history.

Andrew Ford traces the concept of dirty dancing back to 1610, marvels at the weirdness of Percy Grainger and considers the decision of Wilhelm Furtwängler to keep conducting under the Nazis. He explores the intersection of words and music, the bugbear of Australian musical...

FROM ONE OF THE MOST TRUSTED NAMES IN CONTINUING EDUCATION-THE KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED TO UNLOCK 'THE MOST ABSTRACT AND SUBLIME OF ALL THE ARTS'

LISTEN WITH INTELLIGENCE.

Whether they listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland invites you to ask two basic questions: Are they hearing everything that is going on?  Are you really being sensitive to it?  If you cannot answer yes to both questions, you owe it to yourself to read this book.  With his provocative suggestions, Copland guides you through a deeper appreciation of...