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.

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• Carl Bergstrøm-Nielsen, Intuitive Music. A Mini-Handbook
• Daniel Bloomfield, Games and Puzzles for the Musical
• Cornelius Cardew (ed.), Nature Study Notes (full, 1969)
• Stefan Szczelkun, Improvisation Rites
• Steve Treseler, 10 Improvisation Games for Ensembles
• Steve Treseler, Creativity Triggers

Remember to also visit journals: Synzine magazine and Improvised Music - Open Scores.

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
• Artie Almeida, Mallet Madness
• John Blacking, How Musical Is Man?
• Nicole Brockmann, From Sight to Sound: Improvisational Games for Classical Musicians
• Marla Butke, David Frego, Meaningful Movement
• William Cheng, Sound Play
• Christof Cox, Daniel Warren (eds.), Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music
• Jon Damian, Fresh Music
• John M. Feierabend, Conversational Solfege
• Elsa Findlay, Rhythm and Movement
• Umberto Eco, The Open Work
• Mick Goodrick, The Advancing Guitarist
• Jennie Gottschalk, Experimental Music Since 1970
• Lee Higgins, Free to Be Musical: Group Improvisation in Music
• 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
• John Stevens, Search and Reflect
• Brian Upton, The Aesthetic of Play
• Philipp Weiss, Game Pieces and Game Elements, http://sonology.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Thesis-Philipp_Weiss-Final.pdf
• 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. And if you doubt whether your review is topically on point, there will always be a place for it in book-peripheries section.