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How Music Works Paperback - 2017

by David Byrne


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*Updated with a new chapter on digital curation* How Music Works is David Byrne's incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social or technological. Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and many others, Byrne taps deeply into his lifetime of knowledge to explore the panoptic elements of music, how it shapes the human experience, and reveals the impetus behind how we create, consume, distribute, and enjoy the songs, symphonies, and rhythms that provide the backbeat of life. Byrne's magnum opus uncovers ever-new and thrilling realizations about the redemptive liberation that music brings us all.

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  • Title How Music Works
  • Author David Byrne
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)
  • Date 2017-05-02
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780804188937 / 0804188939
  • Weight 1.85 lbs (0.84 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 6.4 x 1.3 in (21.08 x 16.26 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Philosophical
  • Library of Congress subjects Music - Philosophy and aesthetics, Music - Social aspects
  • Dewey Decimal Code 781.17

About the author

DAVID BYRNE is an author, a musician, and a filmmaker known for his creative collaborations and work with the Talking Heads. He resides in New York.
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