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How music works  Cover Image Book Book

How music works / David Byrne.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781936365531 (hc) :
  • Physical Description: 345 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: San Francisco : McSweeneys, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-344).
Formatted Contents Note:
Creation in reverse -- My life in performance -- Technology shapes music : analog -- Technology shapes music : digital -- In the recording studio -- Collaborations -- Business and finances -- How to make a scene -- Amateurs! -- Harmonia Mundi.
Subject: Music > Psychological aspects.
Music > Social aspects.
Music > 20th century > History and criticism.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Lakeshore Branch 781.1 Byr 31681002667525 NONFIC Available -

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300 . ‡a345 p. : ‡bill. (some col.) ; ‡c24 cm.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 342-344).
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