what plane is Carmen Suites for Orchestra by Georges Bitzet on its is expressive, sheerly, or sensual

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It could be argued that it is on all three planes. On page 12 of Copeland's book, he states his belief that "all music has an expressive power, some more and some less, but that all music has a certain meaning behind the note and that that meaning behind the notes constitutes, after all, what the piece is saying, what the piece is about."

 

Then, on page 16 (where he mentions the sheer plane) he wrote " it is very important for all of us to become more alive to music on its sheerly musical plane. After all, an actual musical material is being used. The intelligent listener must be prepared to increase his awareness of the musical material and what happens to it. He must hear the melodies, the rhythms, the harmonies, the tone colors in a more conscious fashion. But above all he must, in order to follow the line of the composer's thought, know something of the principles of musical form. Listening to all of these elements is listening on the sheerly musical plane."

 

On pages 18-19 he states " perhaps an analogy with what happens to us when we visit the theater will make this instinctive correlation clearer. In the theater, you are aware of the actors and actresses, costumes and sets, sounds and movements. All these give one the sense that the theater is a pleasant place to be in Period they constitute the sensuous plane in our theatrical reactions.

 

The expressive plane in the theatre would be derived from the feeling that you get from what is happening on the stage. You are moved to pity, excitement, or gayety. It is this general feeling comma generated aside from the particular words being spoken, a certain emotional something which exists on the stage, that is analogous to the expressive quality in music.

 

The plot in plot development is equivalent to our sheerly musical plane. The playwright creates and develops a character in just the same way that a composer create and develops a theme. According to the degree of your awareness of the way in which the artist and either field handles his material you will become a more intelligent listener.

 

It is easy enough to see that the theatre-goer never is conscious of any of these elements separately. He is aware of them all at the same time. The same is true of music listening. We simultaneously and without thinking listen on all three planes."