In the post The Musical Frontier, I note the three planes of listening in which Aaron Copland has broken up for us.
1) The Sensuous Plane
2) The Expressive Plane
3) The Sheerly Musical Plane.
Today we explore the first of these planes, The Sensuous Plane. Thankfully, this plane is [perhaps] the easiest of the three to explain and understand. Mr. Copland defines this plane as…
“…the plane on which we hear music without thinking, without considering it in any way.”
(Copland, 7)
