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How Music Works

(Author) David Byrne
Format: Paperback
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This is David Byrne's buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about. Drawing on his own work over the years with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and his myriad collaborators - along with journeys to Wagnerian opera houses, African villages, and anywhere music exists - Byrne shows how music emerges from cultural circumstance as much as individual creativity. It is his magnum opus, and an impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.

Information
Publisher:
Canongate Books
Format:
Paperback
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780857862525
Publish year:
2013
Publish date:
Sept. 19, 2013

David Byrne

David Byrne is a Scottish-American musician, artist, and writer best known as the lead singer of the band Talking Heads. His most famous work, "Stop Making Sense," revolutionized the music industry with its innovative blend of new wave, punk, and world music influences. Byrne's literary style is characterized by surreal imagery and sharp social commentary, making him a key figure in the post-punk literary movement.

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