What are you reading?

[Philidor]

In completely the wrong order! But I'll read 'The Last Battle' last, partly because it's sad, partly because the Christian/Plato stuff is so irritating.

[The Sparrow]

Originally Posted by Florestan

Ooh, you'd probably like The Burlington Magazine. It's very posh. I once failed to get a job there.

ooooh, if YOU couldn't get a job there, then they are just TOO posh!

[Herzeleide]

The Classical Style, by Charles Rosen.

[Aiantas]

Excellent choice! One of the classic texts on the 3 big ones! A fantastic analysis of Beethoven's 4th piano concerto looking at balance and tension structures. My favorite page in the whole book is where Rosen points out that you can write a root position tonic chord and make it sound like a dissonance if it's unbalanced rhythmically and structurally!

[Herzeleide]

Originally Posted by Aiantas

Excellent choice! One of the classic texts on the 3 big ones! A fantastic analysis of Beethoven's 4th piano concerto looking at balance and tension structures. My favorite page in the whole book is where Rosen points out that you can write a root position tonic chord and make it sound like a dissonance if it's unbalanced rhythmically and structurally!

I guess its reputation precedes it. What I've read so far is fantastic and Rosen's erudition is amazing.

Have you read his Sonata Forms?

[Simone]

Currently, "The Book of Lost Things" by John Connolly, (for the second time - it's great!), and Thoreau's "How I Lived and What I Lived For".

[Aiantas]

Originally Posted by Herzeleide

I guess its reputation precedes it. What I've read so far is fantastic and Rosen's erudition is amazing.

Have you read his Sonata Forms?

Unfortunately not. I read 'Cl. Era' at University 25 years ago because it was on the Bmus 'form and history' reading list. It's one of the few books that I have kept from those days.

[Captain Coconut]

One of the most important books I ever read was "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Andrew Carnegie. It has greatly aided me socially and professionally.
Harold Browne's "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World" was a turning point book for me.
As I am a high ranking martial artist, reading Bruce Lee's "Tao of Jute Keen Do" added to my fairly deep knowledge of martial art philosophy as well as my actual skills.
Bruce Lee's "Fighting Methods" was a good follow up, adding much to my approach both in fighting skills and then teaching those skills. I've actually read a few of his books explaining his methods. All have been beneficial.
George W. Thompson's book, "Verbal Judo, The Gentle Art of Persuasion" helped me resolve conflicts without being confrontational.
"The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran was a book that helped me look at life with more perspective.
Obviously, as my wife is the one who likes classical music I don't read any books on the subject.
Right now I am reading a book about (and by) Matt Hughes, who has won the World Championship in the UFC (Ultimate Fighter's Championship) more time than anyone else. Matt Hughes lives down the highway from me. I know him and his twin brother, (who also fights UFC but has yet to win a world championship at his weight) but I know their father better. They live in a small farm town and still farm even today, though Matt Hughes has earned several hundred thousand dollars in fights and millions in endorsements and selling his auto-biography "Made in America". Even with all that money, he along with his twin brother (Mark) and his dad, (Russell) still farm. They do it because they love to.

[The Sparrow]

Originally Posted by Captain Coconut

Even with all that money, he along with his twin brother (Mark) and his dad, (Russell) still farm. They do it because they love to.

Seems to me the boxer Roy Jones Junior is similar. Loves farming chickens or something like that. VERY cool.

[Florestan]

Originally Posted by Captain Coconut

Obviously, as my wife is the one who likes classical music I don't read any books on the subject.

Hey, invite her over.