Heard Behavior

TAoN No. 85: "Gifted listeners," the useful pleasure of a sound diary, and hearing as a creative act. Plus: A new Missing Word, and more

“Waveform Necklace,” by matthew venn on Flickr; some rights reserved

Over on Brainpickings the other day, Maria Popova shared some thinking from composer Aaron Copland on the subject of “gifted” listeners. She wrote:

“The poetry of music, Copland intimates, is composed both by the musician, in the creation of music and its interpretation in performance, …