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It's National Read a Book Day! We've compiled a list of 15 must-read music books — from moving memoirs and essays to deep dives on musical history, science and more.
How Music Works is a non-fiction book by David Byrne, a musician, composer, and writer best known for his work with the group Talking Heads. He discusses the form and influence of music in a non-linear narrative fashion, using a variety of experiences from his career to create something part autobiography and part music theory .
The Philosophy of Modern Song is a book by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, published on November 1, 2022, by Simon & Schuster. The book contains Dylan's commentary on 66 songs by other artists. [1] [2] It is the first book Dylan has published since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. [3]
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession is a popular science book written by the McGill University neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin, and first published by Dutton Penguin in the U.S. and Canada in 2006, and updated and released in paperback by Plume/Penguin in 2007.
A not-for-sale copy of a yet-to-be-published book provided free by the publisher for publicity purposes. The aim of these is to promote a book through word of mouth prior to release. Also known as an advance reader edition or ARE. [20] Reading Slump: a period of time in which a BookTuber lacks the inspiration to read, or when reading is much ...
Fake book; Finishing the Hat; The First Book of Songs (1597) The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic; The Folk Singers and the Bureau; Formalized Music; The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song; Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art; Fronimo Dialogo
The first part of the book, "Imaginary Conversations", is about Beethoven, meaning in music, and the difficulty to write popular tunes for serious composers. A brief section, "Interlude: Upper Dubbing, Calif.", describes the peculiarities of composing film music. It was published on May 30, 1954, in The New York Times. [4]
3. Prince. Like many people on this list, Prince made up for not being able to read sheet music by having an unusually good ear for melody and an intuitive sense of what chord should go where. He ...