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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on October 02, 2018, 01:47:54 PM

Title: “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”
Post by: Nearly Sane on October 02, 2018, 01:47:54 PM

Interesting selection of books about music


https://fivebooks.com/best-books/alex-ross-music-writing/

Title: Re: “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”
Post by: Humph Warden Bennett on October 20, 2018, 01:48:58 PM

FTR I knew somebody who worked in musical theatre, he told me that choreography does use a form of notation, so the dance steps can be memorised.

Title: Re: “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”
Post by: Steve H on October 20, 2018, 08:59:47 PM

Whoever said the quotation in the thread title is a bloody fool. Of course you can write about music; you can write about anything.

Title: Re: “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”
Post by: Nearly Sane on October 30, 2018, 03:39:56 PM

Quote from: Steve H on October 20, 2018, 08:59:47 PM

Whoever said the quotation in the thread title is a bloody fool. Of course you can write about music; you can write about anything.

I think it was Frank Zappa. I think it is a valid point. You can indeed write about anything but whether you say anything valid or useful is a while other thing. Anyone who has ever read the cards explaining paintings will have run into the problem