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>>9560171
Kanye West

History and biography about music are pretty useless, unless you're highly interested in someone's life. I like critical theory.

Honestly here listening to music is a lot more interesting that reading about it, but in special cases where I know there's a history behind it like Elgar's Enigma Variations I do some research, though nothing more than that. I found Mann's Doctor Faustus to have some good combination of fiction and music theory if you're into that

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>>9560171
I think a lot of people would enjoy Mozart's letters. You get an insight into life in 18th century Salzburg, Paris and Vienna, as well as his thought process and way of composing. The historical W. A. Mozart is very different from his portrayal in Amadeus.

Some books on theory I think are good:
Classical Form - William Caplin
Polyphonic Composition - Owen Swindale
Gradus Ad Parnassum - Johann Fux

>>9560185
Absolutely EPIC post. upvoted.

>>9560222
"Absolutely EPIC post. upvoted."

This, but unironically

>>9560171
Rap cuz I enjoy poetry.

>>9560171
Biography is usually interesting, but the most worthwhile use of your time is to stick a track on and sit down with the score

Charles Rosen is GOAT

Classical is, for the most part, shit.
Theory is useless. You're not going to create any tune a group of paid by the hour composers can't make for a commercial in two days.

But go on about how much better you are than everyone for """"""liking"""""" classical and """"""writing""""" music. Fucking classist faggot, get the fuck out of here and jump off a bridge.

>>9560171
start with the lydian scale

F where C is, F where C is.

>>9562012
What period do you like then

>>9560171
Scaruffi.com

>>9562012
Someone seems insecure.

Derek Bailey - Improvisation: Its Nature And Practice In Music
George Lewis - A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music
John Zorn (ed) - Arcana series
John Cage - Silence