2026 Reading Challenge
Genres

Composition


Composition Books

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Fundamentals of Musical Composition
Framed Ink
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)
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BREAKING THE BIAS OF ENGLISH by Vivian ProbstThe Audible Past by Jonathan SterneThe Soundscape by R. Murray SchaferNoise, Water, Meat by Douglas KahnNoise by Jacques Attali
Noise, Music & Sound
134 books — 21 voters
Color and Meaning by John GageExplorations of Aotearoa by Max AllenBirding at the Bridge by Heather WolfThe Photographer's Eye by John SzarkowskiInto the Nest by Marie Read
Light, Color and Composition
5 books — 2 voters

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
911 books — 260 voters
Framed Ink by Marcos Mateu-MestreFramed Perspective Vol. 1 by Marcos Mateu-MestreColor and Light by James GurneyPerspective Made Easy by Ernest R. NorlingStonehouse's Anatomy by Seok Jung Hyun
Best Books For Self-Taught Artists
28 books — 1 voter

Film Music by Juan ChattahEmbodied Cognition and Cinema by Mark JohnsonFilm as Embodied Art by Maarten CoëgnartsPsychology of Music by Siu-Lan TanMusic as Image by Benjamin Nagari
Film Music Cognition
14 books — 1 voter
Evolution Architectural Design Using Grasshopper by Min-Gyu SeolGeometry of Design by Kimberly ElamThe Scallop by Ian CoxDigital Sangaku, Part II by Jean ConstantWhy Old Places Matter by Thompson M. Mayes
Design Composition
33 books — 6 voters

Quotes Tagged “Composition”

Samuel Beckett
“ There are two moments worthwhile in writing, the one when you start and the other when you throw it in the waste-paper basket. ”
― Samuel Beckett
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Maria Mazziotti Gillan
“ Sometimes in composition class, when I have been confronted by someone who simply cannot get the first word written on paper, I give the following advice: Say your essay into a tape recorder and then write it down. ”
― Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Writing Poetry To Save Your Life: How To Find The Courage To Tell Your Stories
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Videos Tagged “Composition”

A Midnight Call to Monto by Robert E. Kearns
A Midnight Call to Monto by Robert E. Kearns
Gilded Amaryllis (poetry and art book): A companion book for Grieving Amaryllis (novel) | Excerpts
Gilded Amaryllis (poetry and art book): A companion book for Grieving Amaryllis (novel) | Excerpts
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Groups Tagged "Composition"

Composition and Rhetoric Welcome. This is a reading group for anyone interested in teaching writing. I've set a regular…more
42 members, last active 10 years ago
Art Fundamentals A group for learning the basics through reading and practice
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University Press of Colorado Publisher of books on Archaeology, Anthropology, Composition and Rhetoric, Ethnohistory, Folklor…more
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