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How Music Works

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The Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame inductee and co-founder of Talking Heads presents a celebration of music that offers insight into the roles of time, place, and recording technology, discussing how evolutionary patterns of adaptations and responses to cultural and physical contexts have influenced music expression throughout history and culminated in the 20th century's transformative practices.

Subjects: Biography
History and criticism
Psychological aspects
Social aspects
Music
Musicians
Set in: Scotland
Time: 20th Century
Characters: David Byrne

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