How Music Works
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How Music Works is a nonfiction book by musician David Byrne that explores the art, theory, history, and business of music and how context shapes what we hear.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| How Music Works canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2620601 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How Music Works Context triple: [David Byrne, authorOf, How Music Works]
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A.
The Science of Musical Sound
The Science of Musical Sound is a book by engineer and acoustics researcher John R. Pierce that explains the physical and perceptual principles underlying how music and sound are produced, transmitted, and heard.
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B.
The Problem with Music
The Problem with Music is a widely cited essay critiquing the exploitative practices of the mainstream music industry and the ways record labels financially and creatively undermine artists.
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C.
A Life in Music
A Life in Music is an autobiographical book by renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, reflecting on his career, musical philosophy, and experiences in the world of classical music.
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D.
What A Music
What A Music is a record label founded and run by French DJ and producer David Guetta, primarily focused on electronic dance music releases.
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E.
Our Music
Our Music is a roots reggae album by Jamaican musician Burning Spear, reflecting his signature spiritual and socially conscious style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How Music Works Target entity description: How Music Works is a nonfiction book by musician David Byrne that explores the art, theory, history, and business of music and how context shapes what we hear.
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A.
The Science of Musical Sound
The Science of Musical Sound is a book by engineer and acoustics researcher John R. Pierce that explains the physical and perceptual principles underlying how music and sound are produced, transmitted, and heard.
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B.
The Problem with Music
The Problem with Music is a widely cited essay critiquing the exploitative practices of the mainstream music industry and the ways record labels financially and creatively undermine artists.
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C.
A Life in Music
A Life in Music is an autobiographical book by renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, reflecting on his career, musical philosophy, and experiences in the world of classical music.
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D.
What A Music
What A Music is a record label founded and run by French DJ and producer David Guetta, primarily focused on electronic dance music releases.
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E.
Our Music
Our Music is a roots reggae album by Jamaican musician Burning Spear, reflecting his signature spiritual and socially conscious style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music book
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | David Byrne ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
architecture of performance spaces
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creative process in music ⓘ economics of music ⓘ history of recording ⓘ how context shapes music ⓘ relationship between technology and music ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural studies
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memoir ⓘ music history ⓘ music theory ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
musician
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record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | David Byrne ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-07-229-2258 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on business of music
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chapters on creative process ⓘ chapters on live performance ⓘ chapters on recording ⓘ |
| hasReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor | combining personal memoir with music theory ⓘ |
| pages | approximately 352 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Canongate Books
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McSweeney's ⓘ |
| subject |
business of music
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creativity ⓘ live performance ⓘ music ⓘ music history ⓘ music industry ⓘ music theory ⓘ songwriting ⓘ sound recording ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers interested in music
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music students ⓘ musicians ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
David Byrne
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surface form:
former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: How Music Works Description of subject: How Music Works is a nonfiction book by musician David Byrne that explores the art, theory, history, and business of music and how context shapes what we hear.
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