Bibliography
Here is the list of books that in different ways touch on relations of music and games. In the first section, we separate titles, that are available on-line and contain more games, game-like performances or activities.
More games!
- Carl Bergstrøm-Nielsen, Intuitive Music. A Mini-Handbook
- Daniel Bloomfield, Games and Puzzles for the Musical
- Cornelius Cardew (ed.), Nature Study Notes (full, 1969)
- Steve Treseler, 10 Improvisation Games for Ensembles
- Steve Treseler, Creativity Triggers
Other
- Jeffrey Agrell, Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians (→Dueling Bumblebees)
- Jeffrey Agrell, Improvised Chamber Music
- Jeffrey Agrell, Vocal Improvisation Games for Singers and Choral Groups
- John Blacking, How Musical Is Man?
- Nicole Brockmann, From Sight to Sound: Improvisational Games for Classical Musicians
- William Cheng, Sound Play
- Christof Cox, Daniel Warren (eds.), Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music
- Jon Damian, Fresh Music
- Umberto Eco, The Open Work
- Mick Goodrick, The Advancing Guitarist
- Jennie Gottschalk, Experimental Music Since 1970
- Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
- W. A. Mathieu, The Listening Book. Discovering Your Own Music
- Hillary McKinney, John Scalici, Learn In Rhythm: Concept-based rhythm infused lesson plans for the classroom
- Sonia Michelson, New Dimensions in Classical Guitar for Children
- Peter Moorman (ed.), Music and Game: Perspectives on a Popular Alliance [video games mainly]
- Stephen Nachmanovitch, Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
- Michael Pollock, Musical Improv Comedy: Creating Songs in the Moment
- Richard Reason, Games for Musicians
- Stefan Szczelkun, Improvisation Rites: from John Cage's 'Song Books' to the Scratch Orchestra's 'Nature Study Notes'. Collective practices 2011 - 2017
- John Stevens, Search and Reflect
- Brian Upton, The Aesthetic of Play
- Iannis Xenakis, Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition
Let's make this list longer. Also if you have anything to write about any of the above titles, please do.
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