Composition


On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Framed Ink
Fundamentals of Musical Composition
The Elements of Style
The Study of Orchestration
The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos
They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
Musical Composition: Craft and Art
Twentieth-Century Harmony
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
The Study of Counterpoint
Schizo
Picture This: How Pictures Work
Theory of Harmony
Toward a Composition Made Whole (Composition, Literacy, and Culture, 163)
We, the Drowned by Carsten JensenThe Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil GaimanThe Chess Machine by Robert LöhrThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternWildwood by Colin Meloy
Beautiful Book Cover Design
906 books — 262 voters
Understanding Exposure by Bryan PetersonThe Digital Photography Book by Scott KelbyThe Photographer's Eye by Michael   FreemanWithin the Frame by David duCheminVision & Voice by David duChemin
Best Digital Photography Books
26 books — 22 voters

NOS4A2 by Joe  Hill1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiH2O by Howard SchatzTHX 1138 by Ben BovaGB84 by David Peace
H2O
41 books — 8 voters
Making Music. 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Pro... by Dennis DeSantisDance Music Manual by Rick SnomanMusic Theory for Computer Musicians by Michael HewittMixing Secrets by Mike SeniorThe Secrets of Dance Music Production by David Felton
Electronic Music Production
54 books — 13 voters

Framed Ink by Marcos Mateu-MestreTattle Tales by Brandy IsadoraFramed Perspective Vol. 1 by Marcos Mateu-MestreColor and Light by James GurneyPerspective Made Easy by Ernest R. Norling
Best Books For Self-Taught Artists
29 books — 2 voters
Mathematical Basis Of The Arts by Joseph SchillingerMusic Theory in One Lesson by Ross TrottierJazzology – The Encyclopedia of Jazz Theory for All Musicians... by Robert RawlinsClassical Form by William E. CaplinEncyclopedia Of Rhythms by Joseph Schillinger
Music Theory
17 books — 10 voters

Madeleine L'Engle
The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness.
Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

Claude Debussy
I love music passionately. And because I love it, I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.
Claude Debussy

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