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musicology (338), nineteenth-century (164), musical scores (133), Beethoven (105), eighteenth-century (100), British literature (94), fantasy (83), American (75), mystery (74), children's literature (61), fiction (58), biography (57), twentieth-century (54), humor (54), Scotland (51), cookbooks (48), popular nonfiction (47), German literature (46), criticism (44), German culture (43), poetry (41), romanticism (40), opera (39), Bach (36), women's studies (36), national representations (36), reference (36), travel (32), music theory (32), Wagner (29), history (29), literature (28), science (28), women in music (27), music criticism (27), northernness (27), music textbook (26), science fiction (25), philosophy (24), writing and publishing (24), teaching (23), African-American (22), good living (21), psychology (21), Mozart (21), medieval history (20), Mendelssohn (20), early music (20), physics (19), nature (19), mythology (18), music in England (18), Schumann (17), Renaissance (17), devotional (17), letters (17), aesthetics (17), apologetics (16), history of science (16), intellectual history (16), reception history (16), historical fiction (16), music analysis (16), literary criticism (16), science and music (16), Haydn (16), music appreciation (15), English (15), autobiography (15), biblical studies (14), seventeenth century (14), career advice (14), baroque (14), health (14), source studies (14), art (13), performance practice (12), sociology (12), genius (12), Ossianism (12), fairy tales (12), popular music (12), mathematics (11), esoteric (11), self-help (11), antiquity (11), Judaism (11), domestic arts (10), Schubert (10), education (10), German studies (10), Christianity and culture (10), period fiction (9), music in literature (9), chronic pain (9), language learning (9), exoticism (9), musical institutions (9), California (9), French literature (8), field guides (8), folklore (8), food (8), Stravinsky (8), religion (7), Italian literature (7), nursery (7), French (7), mysticism (7), words (7), ethnomusicology (7), Third Reich (7), antediluvians (7), Russians (7), libretti (6), rare editions (6), flood myth (6), Brahms (6), pseudepigrapha (6), ballads (6), satire (6), cyberthriller (6), identity studies (6), historiography (6), crochet (6), performance culture (6), Old Testament (6), animals (5), demonology (5), folksong (5), classics (5), acoustics (5), concert life (4), Mahler (4), anatomy (4), topics (4), modernism (4), politics (4), music and cognition (4), medieval (4), instrumental music (4), Celtic (4), timbre (4), relationships (4), canon studies (4), Indian (4), tuning and temperament (3), Catholicism (3), atlas (3), Walter Scott (3), philology (3), English musical renaissance (3), theater (3), Asian language (3), madrigals (3), spirituals (3), blackness (3), violin (3), Pittsburgh (3), symphony (3), race (3), dystopia (3), facsimiles (3), Herschel (3), disability (2), do-it-yourself (2), Christianity (2), technology (2), Schoenberg (2), exposé (2), style analysis (2), photography (2), art history (2), neurology (2), Russian literature (2), secret societies (2), dance (2), rhetoric (2), etiquette (2), nationalism (2), comics (2), twenty-first-century (2), organology (2), comedy (2), minimalism (1), horror (1), copyright and piracy (1), editing (1), cosmology (1), Scots song (1), gardening (1), graphic comedy (1), drawing (1), key affect (1), metaphysics (1), polemics (1), national representation (1), Intelligent Design (1), mss (1), jazz (1), anthropology (1), instruments (1), linguistics (1), orchestras (1), quotations (1), economics (1), Purcell (1), entertainers (1), recording (1), performance (1), history of theory (1), patronage (1), African (1), genre studies (1), drama (1), chant (1), music business (1), electronics (1), Berlioz (1), cooking (1)
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Oct 23, 2008
Om mitt bibliotek
This site helps me keep track of the books I own. I don't really feel that musical scores are "books," but I need to keep track of them too. There are only a few books in the list I do not own - they are there to remind me to acquire them next. You'll see a lot of music history (my professional work), a fair amount of science/physics (my hobby and previous career interest), and a good deal of biblical studies and other religious writings (my hobby). You will notice my preference for C. S. Lewis, and also for other writers in his circle (Tolkien, Williams) - or indeed out of his circle (T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf). Wish I wrote like them.
I enjoy collecting old books when I can afford them - I have a 19th-century edition of J. G. Herder and an 1801 edition of Robert Burns. I read in German, French, and Italian when I feel ambitious (or have to for professional reasons). English literature is just for fun.
My favorite books are often classified as "children's literature," but I often find that the issues dealt with in children's books are much more fundamental and important - and beautiful - than the mere relationship struggles and searches for fulfillment, freely peppered with the most ugly words and situations that language/life has to offer, that often pass for adult (grown-up?) literature.
I wish there were a "shame factor" rating for some of the books in my library, but instead I give 1 star to books about which I feel fairly ashamed to own. (I try to put on all the books I own even if I don't love them!) 5 stars is reserved for books that have changed my life. The middle three are for great, good, and less good (or enjoyed greatly, enjoyed, and didn't enjoy - a book can be good without my enjoying it). I don't tend to rank the musicology books; they are written by my colleagues, and they can easily find out who I am. And with a five-star rating system, I don't know how I would rank books that are really useful to me but not compellingly written, or vice versa.
Om mig
I am a musicologist who is interested in romanticism and really interested in Scotland - hence my Robbie Burns portrait. But as a child I wanted to be an astronomer, and I still have an interest in mathematics and physics. I'm also interested in biblical studies and theology. I hope my library reflects someone who is interested in deep questions about what art is for, what life is for, and how we can use human knowledge to see more of the divine hand working around us.
I freely admit that I own some terrible books, so while I feel it's fair to judge someone based on his/her library, there's no need to try to integrate everything I own into the reflection of one complex persona.
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