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How Music WorksHow Music Works

How Music Works

David Byrne

3.9(76)on Hardcover

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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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OL Work ID
OL17068219W

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Music, philosophy and aestheticsMusic, history and criticism, 20th centuryMusic, psychological aspectsMusicians, biographyMusic, social aspectsnyt:paperback-nonfiction=2013-10-06New York Times bestsellerNew York Times reviewedMusic, history and criticismSound recordingsMusic tradeProduction and directionMusicPhilosophy and aestheticsMusiciansPsychological aspectsSocial aspectsHistory and criticism

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