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How Music Works
Author(s): David Byrne (Author)
- Publisher: McSweeney's Publishing
- Publication Date: 12 Sept. 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 345 pages
- ISBN-10: 1936365537
- ISBN-13: 9781936365531
Book Description
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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About the Author
David Byrne is a Scottish-born Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and cofounder of Talking Heads. He has been the recipient of many awards, including an Oscar and a Golden Globe. The author ofBicycle Diaries and The New Sins, Byrne lives in New York City.
