Guest on Conversations with Tyler
5 books recommended · 1 episode
Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“I assume that they've all read Charles Rosen's The Classical Style.”
Why: Essential foundational reading for music students.
The Classical Style by Charles Rosen
Guest on Conversations with TylerDavid Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation
“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.
After Babel by George Steiner
Guest on Conversations with TylerDavid Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation
“and a few years ago I came across a book by Dr. Marilyn Wolfe called Proust and the Squid…”
Why: It offers fascinating insights into how different people build neural pathways for reading when standard methods are difficult.
Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf
Guest on Conversations with TylerDavid Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation
“I make them read someone that you've had on the podcast before, Daniel Kahneman, Making Fast and Slow.”
Why: It provides valuable understanding of system one and system two thinking, which applies directly to the hard crunching of data in conducting.
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Guest on Conversations with TylerDavid Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation
“And then they read the words we use of Jackson and McAuliffe because, you know, the metaphors we live by,…”
Why: It helps students examine the everyday language and metaphors they use and what they communicate.
Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
Guest on Conversations with TylerDavid Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation