How Music Works

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.

Year

2013

Language

English

Publisher

McSweeney's

Editions

17

Reader rating

3.8 / 5 (16)

Pages

374

ISBN

9781938073533

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