How Music Works

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David Byrne: How Music Works (2013, Canongate Books)

376 pages

English language

Published 2013 by Canongate Books.

ISBN:
978-0-85786-252-5
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The Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame inductee and co-founder of Talking Heads presents a celebration of music that offers insight into the roles of time, place, and recording technology, discussing how evolutionary patterns of adaptations and responses to cultural and physical contexts have influenced music expression throughout history and culminated in the 20th century's transformative practices.

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Subjects

  • Music, history and criticism, 20th century
  • Music, philosophy and aesthetics
  • Music, social aspects
  • Music, psychological aspects
  • Musicians, biography