Books
List of selected readings
On Music, Art, Aesthetics
“Advice to Young Musicians”, Robert Schumann, republished 2020
“Alfred Brendel on Music: Collected Essays”, Alfred Brendel, 2007
“Arrau on Music and Performance”, Joseph Horowitz, 1999
“Conversations in Jazz, the Ralph Gleason Interviews”, R. J. Gleason, 2016
“Beauty: A Very Short Introduction”, Roger Scruton, 2009
“Everything is Connected: The Power of Music”, Daniel Barenboim, 2009
“The Jazz Ear: Conversations over Music”, Ben Ratliff, 2008
“Music and Sentiment”, Charles Rosen, 2002
“Music and the mind”, Anthony Storr, 1992
“Music at the Limits”, Edward Said, 2013
“Music, Imagination & Culture”, Nicholas Cook, 1990
“Parallels and Paradoxes”, Daniel Barenboim, Edward Said, 2002
“Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist”, Charles Rosen, 2002
“Rough Ideas: Reflections of Music and More”, Stephen Hough, 2019
“Blues: A Very Short Introduction”, Elijah Wald, 2010
“The Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It”, Philip Ball, 2010
“This Is Your Brain on Music”, Daniel Levitin, 2006
On Music Creativity
“Creativity in Beethoven and Coltrane”, essay by Brad Mehldau, 2010
“Effortless Mastery”, Kenny Werner, 1996
“Music as Creative Practice”, Nicholas Cook, 2018
“Music, Imagination & Culture”, Nicholas Cook, 1990
“Six Memos for the Next Millennium”, Italo Calvino, 1988
“The Inner Game of Music”, Barry Green, 1986
On Piano Playing
“Piano Lessons with Claudio Arrau: A Guide to His Philosophy and Techniques”, Victoria A. von Arx, 2014
“The Alexander Technique for Musicians”, Judith Kleinman and Peter Buckoke, 2013
“The Art of Piano Playing”, Heinrich Neuhaus, 1998
“Great Pianists on Piano Playing”, J. F. Cooke, 2021
“The Inner Game of Music”, Barry Green, 1986
“Zen in the Art of Archery”, Eugen Herrigel, 1953
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