A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“But for the class, I make them read all of, I'm afraid, George Steiner's After Babel. It's a great book.”
Why: It explores translation and the process of carrying meaning across different situations and languages.
David Robertson, Guest on Conversations with TylerDavid Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation
Other books cited in the same episodes.
Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff
Discussed together in: David Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation (Conversations with Tyler)
Proust and the Squid
Maryanne Wolf
Discussed together in: David Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation (Conversations with Tyler)
The Classical Style
Charles Rosen
Discussed together in: David Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation (Conversations with Tyler)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Discussed together in: David Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation (Conversations with Tyler)