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 freely available online 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)
- Stefan Szczelkun, Improvisation Rites
- Trevor Wishart, Sounds Fun: A Book of Musical Games (link to zip with jpgs)
- Practice Ideas for Suzuki Students (WikiBooks)
Remember to also visit journals: Synzine magazine and Improvised Music - Open Scores.
Other
- Richard Addison, Children Make Music
- Bruce Adolphe, The Mind's Ear: Exercises For Improving The Musical Imagination For Performers, Composers, And Listeners
- 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?
- Eric Branscome, Music Board Game Workshop
- Nicole Brockmann, From Sight to Sound: Improvisational Games for Classical Musicians
- Gloria Burnett-Scott, Musical Games and Activities
- Marla Butke, David Frego, Meaningful Movement
- William Cheng, Sound Play
- Christof Cox, Daniel Warren (eds.), Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music
- Edward Cubitt, Music Is Easy
- Jon Damian, Fresh Music
- Dennis DeSantis, Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers
- John M. Feierabend, Conversational Solfege
- Andrew Fleugelman (ed.), The New Games Book
- 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
- Arthur Hull, Rhythmical Alchemy Playshop. Volume 1: Drum Circle Games
- Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
- Beth Landis, Polly Carder, The Eclectic Curriculum in American Music Education: Contributions of Dalcroze, Kodaly, and Orff
- 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
- Marylee McMurray Lament, Music in Elementary Education: Enjoy, Experience and Learn
- 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
- Svend Nielsen, Danske Sanglege
- Michael Nyman, Experimental Music. Cage and Beyond
- John Paynter, Hear and Now: an introduction to modern music in schools
- Michael Pollock, Musical Improv Comedy: Creating Songs in the Moment
- John Stevens, Search and Reflect
- Steve Treseler, 10 Improvisation Games for Ensembles (old link)
- Steve Treseler, Creativity Triggers (old link)
- 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
- Trevor Wishart, Sun: Creativity & Environment
- Iannis Xenakis, Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition
- Michiko Yurko, No H in Snake: Music Theory for Children
- Achilleas Zographos, Music and Chess: Apollo Meets Caissa
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Book peripheries
In book-peripheries section, there's always a place for reviews not 100% to the point of music/games intersection.
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