Between Montmartre and the Mudd Club: Popular Music and the Avant-Garde ( Read more... )

Lavinia
by Ursula K. Le Guin

This beautiful and thoughtful historical novel retells the last part of Vergil's Aeneid from the point of view of Lavinia, the Latin princess he marries when he arrives in Italy. Lavinia does not speak in the original poem, but Le Guin gives her a full inner and outer life. In the process, she also explores what it ( Read more... )

The Cambridge Companion To Stravinsky ( Read more... )

Hamilton: The Revolution
by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter

Hamilton: The Revolution is a combination of libretto and commentary for the hit musical. It is no secret that I'm a huge fan of Hamiilton, so it should be no surprise that I loved reading this book, affectionately dubbed the "Hamiltome" by the show's fans. The musical's text are ( Read more... )

Reamde ( Read more... )

Essays on Music ( Read more... )

Year of Wonders ( Read more... )

The Sounds of Place: Music and the American Cultural Landscape ( Read more... )

Music in Korea ( Read more... )

Minimalists
by K. Robert Schwartz

This book is a breezy, almost chatty look at the major minimalist composers, covering Terry Riley, LaMonte Young, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass, with shorter sections on John Adams, Meredith Monk, Louis Andriessen, Michael Nyman, and Arvo Part. Minimalists is a decent overview and introduction to the genre and its ( Read more... )