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If you loved Listen by Joseph Kerman, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Appreciation, Theory, Instruction & Study, and Music.

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Double Counterpoint and Canon — Ebenezer Prout

Double Counterpoint and Canon

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

The Secret Life of Musical Notation Defying Interpretive Traditions — Roberto Poli

The Secret Life of Musical Notation Defying Interpretive Traditions

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

From Madrigal to Modern Music A Guide to Musical Styles — Douglas Moore

From Madrigal to Modern Music A Guide to Musical Styles

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

Melody & Harmony for Guitarists — John Duarte

Melody & Harmony for Guitarists

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks The Countercultural Sounds of Austin’s Progressive Country Music Scene — Travis D. Stimeling

Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks The Countercultural Sounds of Austin’s Progressive Country Music Scene

Travis D. Stimeling

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

Beyond the Score Music as Performance — Nicholas Cook

Beyond the Score Music as Performance

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

Resonances Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context — Esther Morgan-Ellis

Resonances Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context

Esther Morgan-Ellis

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

How Music Works — David Byrne

How Music Works

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

This is Not a Fighting Song The Prophetic Witness of the Indigo Girls — Meredith Holladay

This is Not a Fighting Song The Prophetic Witness of the Indigo Girls

Meredith Holladay

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

This is Your Brain on Music Understanding a Human Obsession — Daniel Levitin

This is Your Brain on Music Understanding a Human Obsession

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

The Origins of Music — Carl Stumpf

The Origins of Music

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

Contemporary Theory Workbook Book One — Margaret Brandman

Contemporary Theory Workbook Book One

Margaret Brandman

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

Kindling the Spark Recognizing and Developing Musical Talent — Joanne Haroutounian

Kindling the Spark Recognizing and Developing Musical Talent

Joanne Haroutounian

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

You are the Music How Music Reveals what it Means to be Human — Victoria Williamson

You are the Music How Music Reveals what it Means to be Human

Victoria Williamson

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

The Compleat Conductor — Gunther Schuller

The Compleat Conductor

Gunther Schuller

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain — Michael Thaut

The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

Seeking the Significance of Music Education — Reimer, Bennett

Seeking the Significance of Music Education

Reimer, Bennett

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

The Musician’s Mind Teaching, Learning, and Performance in the Age of Brain Science — Lynn Helding

The Musician’s Mind Teaching, Learning, and Performance in the Age of Brain Science

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

Philosophers on Music Experience, Meaning, and Work — Kathleen Stock

Philosophers on Music Experience, Meaning, and Work

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

Analyzing Bach Cantatas — Eric Thomas Chafe

Analyzing Bach Cantatas

Eric Thomas Chafe

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

Inclusive Music Histories Leading Change Through Research and Pedagogy — Ayana O. Smith

Inclusive Music Histories Leading Change Through Research and Pedagogy

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

The Art of Tonal Analysis Twelve Lessons in Schenkerian Theory — Carl Schachter

The Art of Tonal Analysis Twelve Lessons in Schenkerian Theory

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

Songs of Earth Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music — Anna Lomax Wood

Songs of Earth Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music

Anna Lomax Wood

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Level 1A In-Depth Piano Theory Fun for Children’s Music Lessons and HomeSchooling – for Beginners Learning a Musical Instrument — PAUL. MUSGRAVE MUSGRAVE (MACHIKO YAMANE.)

Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Level 1A In-Depth Piano Theory Fun for Children’s Music Lessons and HomeSchooling – for Beginners Learning a Musical Instrument

PAUL. MUSGRAVE MUSGRAVE (MACHIKO YAMANE.)

Themes: Appreciation • Theory • Instruction & Study

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Listen by Joseph Kerman — spanning Appreciation, Theory, Instruction & Study and featuring authors such as Ebenezer Prout, Roberto Poli, Douglas Moore, John Duarte, and others.

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