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PRAISE FOR HOW MUSIC WORKS: It was wildly ambitious to try and turn this galaxy of theory into a readable work of scholarship but Byrne has done it, and done it with style * * Observer * * Brilliantly original * * New York Times Book Review * * Extraordinary * * Guardian * * The finest music book of the year . . . Bursting with a sense of free-flowing curiosity * * Daily Telegraph * * As well as being an investigation into the context in which music is made, How Music Works is an accomplished celebration of an ever-evolving art form that can alter how we look at ourselves and the world * * Independent * * Byrne is a crisp and enthusiastic guide * * Sunday Times * * An entertaining and erudite book . . . this is a serious, straight-forward account of an art form that also manages to be inspiring * * Financial Times * * As accessible as pop yet able to posit deep and startlingly original thoughts and discoveries in almost every paragraph . . . this book will make you hear music in a different way * * Sunday Telegraph * * By investigating how music works, Byrne shows us how best it can be used. We are all the richer for his effort * * New Statesman * * Incisive and intriguing * * Evening Standard * *