Recommended Reading
Beethoven’s Anvil: Music in Mind and Culture. William Benzon. Basic Books, New York,New York, 2001.
Music, The Brain and Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination. Robert Jourdain. HarperCollins Books, New York, New York, 1998
The Origins of Music. Nils Wallin, Björn Merker and Steven Brown, eds. MIT Press Cambridge, MA, 2001.
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. Daniel Levitin. Plume Penguin Group, New York. 2007.
References
Ancient Traditions - Future Possibilities, Rhythmic Training Through the Traditions of Africa, Balie and India, Matthew Montfort. Panoramic Press. Mill Valley, California 1985.
Arranging Concepts Complete. Dick Grove. Alfred Publishing Co. Van Nuys, CA. 1985.
Bach, Beethoven and The Boys, David W. Barber. Sound and Vision, Toronto. 1986, 1996.
The Craft of Lyric Writing. Sheila Davis. Writer’s Digest Books of F&W Publications. Cincinnati, Ohio. 1985.
If It Ain’t Baroque. David W. Barber. Sound and Vision, Toronto. 1992, 1998.
The Inner Game of Music. Barry Green with W. Timothy Gallwey. Anchor Press. New York. 1986.
Jazz Theory and Practice. Richard J. Lawn and Jeffrey L. Hellmer. Alfred Publishing. Los Angeles. 1990.
Making Changes: A Practical Guide to Vernacular Harmony. Eric Salzman and Michael Sahl. G. Schirmer. New York, 1977.
Music And The Power of Sound: The Influence of Tuning and Interval on Consciousness. Alain Danielou. Inner Traditions. Rochester, VT. 1943.
Music Theory for Practical People. Ed Roseman. Musical EdVentures. Kennebunkport, ME. 1996.
The Shaping Forces in Music: An Inquiry into the Nature of Harmony, Melody, Counterpoint and Form. Ernst Toch. Dover Publications. New York 1948, 1977.
The Science of Musical Sound. John R. Pierce. Scientific American Books. New York 1983.
Successful Lyric Writing. Sheila Davis. Writer’s Digest Books of F&W Publications. Cincinnati, Ohio. 1988.
Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization. Stuart Isacoff. Vintage Books. New York. 2001, 2003
What To Listen For In Music. Aaron Copland. McGraw-Hill. New York. 1939, 1989.
Who’s Afraid of Classical Music? Michael Walsh. Simon & Schuster. New York, 1989.
Resources on the Web
http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M345/logan_M345_MOW.html
This site provides a wonderful primer on music. Select the “long” version for greatest detail.
http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html
Source of the text of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave.
http://www.srm.com/1916/lecture2pitchstandards.html
Interesting discussion of pitch standards.
