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Nearly Sane

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“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”
« on: October 02, 2018, 01:47:54 PM »
Interesting selection of books about music


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

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Re: “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”
« Reply #1 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.
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Steve H

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Re: “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”
« Reply #3 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
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