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How Music Works

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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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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 direction

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Book Details

First Published

2012

Pages

363 pages

Rating

3.8 / 5

Ratings

16

Editions

15

Publisher

McSweeneys

Language

ENG

Status

Published

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