“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”

[Nearly Sane]

Interesting selection of books about music


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

[Humph Warden Bennett]

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.

[Steve H]

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

[Nearly Sane]

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