Musicophilia
by Oliver Sacks
Random House

$14.95
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In this revised and expanded edition, Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. “Powerful and compassionate.... A book that not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings, and misfirings, of the human mind.” —The New York Times

The Jazz Ear: Conversations over Music
by Ben Ratliff
Times Books

$25.00
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“Ratliff, the jazz critic for the New York Times, spent just over two years interviewing jazz greats.... Ratliff sat with them as they listened to songs and picked out the qualities they found most artistically compelling.... Each chapter brings provocative insights and will have readers scurrying to track down various records.” —Publishers Weekly

The Rest Is Noise
by Alex Ross
Picador

$18.00
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“Ross has managed to spring classical music from its encrusted shell and make it feel contemporary. That’s a mighty admirable feat, and now it reaches something close to magnificence in his first book.” —Salon.com

The Triumph of Music
by Tim Blanning
Belknap Pr

$29.95
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Trenchant, wise, and richly ironic, Tim Blanning’s book travels spectacular distances between Plato and Elton John, Baroque liturgy and Robbie Williams, opera seria and internet downloads. With a masterly eye for detail he explains why music and audiences are interdependent and reveals the enduring potency of music as a sovereign art.” —Jonathan Keates (The Siege of Venice)