Books about Music?

I'm a big listener to all sort of music, but also enjoy reading certain types of music journalism. I really enjoy books like Listen to This and The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross. Each of these is a series of short writings on music ranging from jazz and classical (mostly), to Radiohead and Sonic Youth. In one particularly interesting piece, he traces the development of a musical device (Basso Lamento) through various musical usages in Renaissance and Baroque music, Venetian Opera, and Bob Dylan's "Twist of Fate". Good stuff.

I also enjoyed Reading Jazz: A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now edited by Robert Gottlieb. Lots of shorter pieces covering just about every aspect of jazz music.

Any other suggestions?

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