How Music Works PB_Gift_Guide Alexandra Boyd

Alexandra Boyd

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How Music Works PB_Gift_Guide Alexandra BoydNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER David Byrnes incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technologicalnow updated with a new chapter on digital curation. How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manualThe Boston Globe Utilizing his incomparable career and