LIST OF MUSIC BOOKS.

This list comprises the books that I have bought and own on the subject of music 0ver 40 years of research. Some were gifts. 

I cannot wholeheartedly recommend them all but the list is given in the hope that they might furnish the seeker with some pointers. 

This is NOT a list of Books for Sale! - nor for Loan.

 

Abell, Arthur M: Talks with Great Composers.   (1955)

Aivanhov, Omramm Mikhael : Creation: artistic and spiritual.   (1987)

Alvin, Juliette: Music Therapy.   (1983 2nd ed revised)

Andrews, Donald, Hatch: The Symphony of Life.   (1966)

Andrews, Ted: Sacred Sounds. Transformation through Music & Word.   (1992)

Andrews, Ted: Music Therapy for Non-Musicians.   (1997)

Arnsby-Jones, George: The Journey of Sounding Fire.   (1956)

Ashley-Farrand, Thomas: Healing Mantras.   (1999)

Ashley-Farrand, Thomas:  Mantra Meditation.   (2004)

Ashley-Farrand,  Thomas:  Chakra Mantras.   (2006)

Azelda: The Voice of Okharon.   (1926)

Azelda: Prelude and Chime the First.   (1959)

Beaulieu, John: Music and Sound in the Healing Arts.   (1987)

Beck, Guy L:  SONIC THEOLOGY. Hinduism and Sacred Sound.   (1993)

Beer, Robert:  TIBETAN TING-SHA, Sacred Sound for Spiritual Growth.   (2004)        (Book & Ting-sha)

Berendt, Joachim-Ernst: Nada Brahma: The World is Sound.   (1983)

Berendt, Joachim-Ernst: The Third Ear; On Listening to the World.   (1985)

Bettine, Michael & Taylor, Trevor: Percussion Profiles   (2001)

Blofeld, John: Mantras; Sacred Words of Power.   (1977)

Bor. Joep (Editor):  The Raga Guide.   (1999)

Brown, Rosemary: Unfinished Symphonies: Voices from the Beyond.   (1971)

Burwell, Paul: Suttle Sculpture.   (1974)

Cage, John: Silence.  (1961)

Campbell, Don: The Roar of Silence: Healing Powers of Breath, Tone & Music.   (1989)

Campbell, Don: Musician: Physician for Times to Come.   (1991)

Campbell, Don: Music and Miracles.   (1992)

Campbell, Don: The Mozart Effect.   (1997)

Campbell, Don:  The Harmony of Health.   (2006)

Clynes, Dr Manfred: Sentics: The Touch of the Emotions.   (1977)

Coleman, Satis. N:  BELLS, THEIR HISTORY, LEGENDS, MAKING, & USES.   (1928)

Conreaux, Don: Gongs of our Solar System.   (1997)

Cook, Pat Moffitt: Shaman, Jhankri & Nele  MUSIC HEALERS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURES.   (1997)

Cooke, Deryck: The Language of Music.   (1959)

Cousto, Hans: The Cosmic Octave: Origin of Harmony.   (1987)

Crandall, Joanne: Self-Transformation through Music.  (1986)

Danielou, Alain: Music and the Power of Sound. The Influence of Tuning & Interval on Consciousness.   (1943 - rev 1995)

D'Angelo, James:  Healing with the Voice   (2000)

David, William: The Harmonics of Sound, Colour and Vibration.   (1980)

Day, Steve:  TWO FULL EARS. Listening to Improvised Music.   (1998)

Deighton, Palermo, Winter: Singing and the Etheric Tone. Gracia Ricardo's Approach to Singing, based on her work with  Steiner. (1991)

DeRungs, Maria: The Healing Tones of Music.   (1986)

Deva, Bigamdre Chaitanya: Musical Instruments of India. Their History & Development.   (1987) 

Devereux, Paul: STONE AGE SOUNDTRACKS   (2001)

Dewhurst - Maddock, Olivea: The Book of Sound Therapy.   (1993)

D'Olivet, Fabre: Music, explained as Science and Art.   (1987)

Drury, Nevill: Music for Inner Space. Techniques for Meditation & Visualisation.   (1985)

Duckworth, William & Fleming, Richard:  Sound and Light: La Monte Young Marian Zazeela.   (1996)

Dyczkowski, Mark S.G.  The Doctrine of Vibration.   (1987)

Dyczkowski, Mark S.G & Singh, Jaideva,.  Yoga of Vibration & Divine Pulsation.   (1991)

Dyczkowski, Mark S.G.  The Stanzas on Vibration.   (1992)

Elkington, David:  IN THE NAME OF THE GODS.   (2001)

Falkenhausen, Lothar Von: Suspended Music – CHIME BELLS IN THE CULTURE OF BRONZE AGE CHINA.   (1993)

Feldman, Morton: Essays.   (1985)

Friedman, B. H (ed): Give My Regards to Eighth Street.   (2000)

Fry, Prof D.B: Some Effects of Music.   (1971)

Gardner, Kay: Sounding the Inner Landscape: Music as Medicine.   (1990)

Garfield, Laeh Maggie: Sound Medicine. Healing with music, voice & song.   (1987)

Gaynor, Mitchell L: Sound Healing.   (1999)

Gillabel, Dirk: Singing Bowls - A Guide to Healing through Sound.   (2001)

Gillabel, Dirk: How to Use Singing Bowls.   (2002)

Gilmore, Bob: HARRY PARTCH: "The Early Vocal Works 1930-33."   (1996)

Gilmore, Bob: HARRY PARTCH a biography   1998

Godwin, Joscelyn: Music, Mystery and Magic.   (1986)

Godwin, Joscelyn: Harmonies of Heaven and Earth.   (1987)

Godwin, Joscelyn: Cosmic Music: Musical Keys to the Interpretation of Reality.   (1989)

Godwin, Joscelyn: The Mystery of the Seven Vowels.   (1991)

Godwin, Joscelyn: The Harmony of the Spheres.   (1993)

Godwin, Joscelyn: Music and the Occult French Musical Philosophies, 1750-1950.   (1996)

Goldman, Jonathan: Healing Sounds: The Power of Harmonics.   (1992)

Goldman, Jonathan:  SHIFTING FREQUENCIES   (1998)

Gray, Randall "Rain": Tibetan Singing Bowls. A Historical Perspective.   (1989)

Gulik, Robert Hans van: The Lore of the CHINESE LUTE: an essay in the ideology of the Ch'in.   (1969)

Guvenc, Dr. Rahmi Oruc:   historical survey of music therapy in general & in particular of the Turks, etc   (1985)

Guvenc, Dr. Rahmi Oruc:   historical survey part 2   (1985)

Hall, Manly Palmer: Music through the ages. The Birth, Death, and Resurrection of a great Art.   (1972)

Hall, Manly Palmer: The Therapeutic Value of Music including the Philosophy of Music.   (1982)

Hall, Manly Palmer: The Human Soul as Revealed through Art, Literature, and Music.

Hall, Michael:  Leaving Home.   (1996)

Halpern, Steven: Human Instrument. Keeping Yourself in Sound Health.   (1979)

Hamel, Peter Michael: Through Music to the Self.   (1990) 

Hamilton, Elsie:  The Modes of Ancient Greece.  

Hatch, Eric: The Little Book of Bells.   (1964)   

Haydon, Geoffrey: John Tavener - Glimpses of Paradise.   (1995)                                                    

Heindel, Max: Mysteries of the Great Operas.   (1921)

Heindel, Max: THE MUSICAL SCALE and the Scheme of Evolution.   (1949)

Heline, Corinne: Healing and Regeneration through Music.   (1943)

Heline, Corinne: Esoteric music of Richard Wagner.   (1948)

Heline, Corinne: Beethoven's Nine symphonies correlated with the nine Spiritual Mysteries.   (1963)

Heline, Corinne: Colour and Music in the New Age.   (1964)

Heline, Corinne: Music: The Keynote of Human Evolution.   (1965)

Heline, Corinne: The Cosmic Harp.   (1969)

Heline, Theodore: THE ARCHETYPE UNVEILED A Study Of the Sound Patterns Formed By the Creative Word.   (1965)

Helmholtz, Hermann: On the Sensations of Tone.   (1885)

Heselden, Teresa (& Jeff Higley): Exploring the use of Tibetan Bowls in the treatment of adults with learning disabilities.  (97)

Hillier, Paul:  Arvo Part   (1997)

Hodson, Geoffrey: Music Forms.   (1976)

Hodson, Geoffrey: Clairvoyant Investigations.   (1984)

Holtje, Dennis:  From Light to SOUND: the spiritual progression.   (1995)

Hooper, W.G: The Great Musician of the Universe.   (1943)

Hughes, Margaret Watts: The Eidophone Voice Figures.   (1904)

Hughes, Margaret Watts: Visible Sound. (1 Voice Figures) 

Huyser, Anneke: Singing Bowl Exercises for Personal Harmony   (1999)

Innova Enclosure 111 (Harry Partch scrapbook)   (1998)

James, Jamie:  The Music of the Spheres.   (1993)

Jansen, Eva Rudy: Singing Bowls.   (1990)

Jeans, Sir James: Science and Music.   (1937)

Jenny, Hans: Cymatics. Vol.1.   (1967)

Jenny, Hans: Cymatics. Vol.2.   (1974)

Jenny, Hans: Cymatics.   (2000)

Kayser, Hans: Akroasis.   (1964)

Keyes, Laurel Elizabeth: Toning: The Creative Power of the Voice.   (1973)

Khan, Hazrat Inayat:  The Sufi Message. Vol.2.  (1962)

Khan, Hazrat Inayat:  The Music of Life.   (1983)

Khan, Hazrat Inayat:  Music.   (1988)

Kumar, Acharya Sushil: Song of the Soul. An introduction to the Namokar mantra and the science of sound.   (1987)

Kuttner, Fritz: The Archaeology of Music in Ancient China.   (1990) 

Lange, Anny von:  MAN, MUSIC AND COSMOS.   (1992)

Lendval, Erno: The Workshop of Bartok and Kodaly.   (1983)

Leonard, George: THE SILENT PULSE.   (1978)

Levin, Flora R:  THE MANUAL OF HARMONICS of Nicomachus the Pythagorean   (1994)

Lewis, Rab C: The Sacred Word and its Creative Overtones.   (1986)

Lingerman, Hal: The Healing Energies of Music.   (1983)

Lingerman, Hal: Life Streams.   (1988)

Lindisfarne Letter 14: Homage to Pythagoras.   (1982)

Lissau, Magda: The Temperaments and the Arts.   (1983)

Losey, Ralph: LIFE TUNING WITH PRIMASOUNDS. The Discovery of Chakra Music. Volume. 4.   (1993)

Losey, Ralph: PRIMASOUNDS. Volume.7.   (1995)

Maier, Michael: Atalanta Fugiens.   (1989)

Malm, William.P: JAPANESE MUSIC and Musical Instruments.   (1959)

Malik, S.C (Editor):  Dhvani Nature and Culture of Sound.   (1999)

Maman, Fabien: The Role of Music in the Twenty-First Century. Book 1 (1997)

Manners, Peter, Guy: THE HIDDEN POWER OF VIBRATIONS. (Healing & Regeneration Thru Music)   (1980?)

Manners, Peter, Guy: CYMATICS. SOUND Life’s Integrating Phenomenon.   (1980?)

Mathieu, William: The Listening Book: Discovering Your Own Music.   (1991)

McClain, Ernest G: The Myth of Invariance.   (1976)

McClain, Ernest G: The Pythagorean Plato.  (1978)

McClain, Ernest G: Meditations through the Quran.   (1981)

McClelland, Randall: The Healing Forces of Music: History, Theory & Practice.   (1988)

McIntosh, Solveig:  Hidden Faces of Ancient Indian Song.   (2005)

Mead, John: SOUND PERCEPTIONS BOWL DIMENSIONS AND SHAMANS.   (1997)

Menon, Raghava R: Discovering Indian Music.   (1973)

Menuhin, Yehudi: The Music of Man.   (1979)

Mertens, Wim: American Minimal Music.   (1983)

Michael, Salim: The Way of Inner Vigilance.   (1983)

Miles, Elizabeth: TUNE YOUR BRAIN using music to manage your mind, body & mood.  (1997)

Mucci, Kate & Richard:  The Healing Sound of Music.   (2000)

Nordoff-Robbins, Clive & Paul: Creative Music Therapy.   (1977)

Ortiz, John M:  The TAO of MUSIC. Sound Psychology - Using Music to Change Your Life.   (1997)

Pals, Leapold van der: The human being as music.   (1992)

Partch, Harry: Genesis of a Music.   (1949 - rev 1974)

Paul, Russill:  THE YOGA OF SOUND. Healing & Enlightenment through the Sacred practice of Mantra.   (2004)

Perret, Daniel:  Sound Healing with the Five Elements, Sound Instruments. Sound Therapy. Sound Energy.   (2005)

Pond, Dale:  The Physics of Love. The Ultimate Universal Laws.   (1996)

Price, Percival: Bells and Man.   (1983)

Rael, Joseph: Being and Vibration.  (1993)

Reid, John:  EGYPTIAN SONICS.   (2001)

Renold, Maria:  Intervals, Scales, Tones & the ?Concert Pitch C = 128 Hz.   (2004)

Richardson, E.G:   SOUND A Physical Text-book   (1927 rev 1953)

Rogo, D Scott: Nad. Vol.2.a psychic study of the Music of the Spheres.   (1972)

Rosner, Arnold: AN ANALYTICAL SURVEY OF THE MUSIC OF ALAN HOVHANESS.   (1972)

Rossing, Thomas. D: Acoustics of Eastern and Western bells, old & new.   (1989)

Rossing, Thomas. D: Acoustics of Historical Chinese Bells.   (1997)

Rossing, Thomas. D: Vibrational Modes of a Modern Chinese Two-Tone Bell.   

Rossing, Thomas. D: Modes of Vibration in Eastern and Western Bells. 

Rossing, Thomas. D: Modal analysis of a Korean bell.    (1993)

Rossing, Thomas. D: Lord Rayleigh's contribution to musical acoustics.   (1995)

Rossing, Thomas. D: Vibrational mode splitting in almond-shaped cylinders.   (1993)

Rossing, Thomas. D: The effect of geometry on the tone separation in Chinese two-tone bells.

Rossing, Thomas. D: Modal analysis of musical instruments with holographic interferometry

Rossing, Thomas. D: Acoustics of the Chinese Qing

Rossing, Thomas. D: The Acoustics of Bells.   (1984)

Rossing, Thomas. D:  Science of Percussion Instruments.   (2,000)

Rouget, Gilbert: Music and Trance: a Theory of the relations between Music & Possession.   (1985)

Rudhyar, Dane: The Rebirth of Hindu Music.   (1928)

Rudhyar, Dane: Culture, Crisis & Creativity.   (1977)

Rudhyar, Dane: The Magic of Tone and the Art of Music.   (1982) 

Ruhland, Heiner: Expanding Tonal Awareness.   (1992)

Ruiter, Dick de:  The Unique SINGING BOWL.   (2001)  Book & CD

Sankaracarya, Adya Sri: Yoga Taravati.

Sanyal, Ritwik: Philosophy of Music.   (1987)

Sarasvati, Shri Brahmananda: NADA YOGA, The Science, Psychology, and Philosophy of Anahata Nada Yoga.   (1984 – rev 1989)

Saraswati, Swami Pratyagatmananda: Japasutram.

Saraswati, Swami Yogashwaranand: Science of Divine Sound. A Treatise on HIGHER YOGA.   (1984)

Saraydarian, Torkom:  The Flame of the Heart.   (1991) 

Saraydarian, Torkom:  The Creative Fire.   (1996) 

Saraydarian, Torkom:  The Creative Sound. Sacred Music, Dance, & Song.   (1999)           

Schafer, R Murray: The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World.   (1977) 

Schlesinger, Kathleen:  THE GREEK AULOS. A study of its mechanism & of its relation to the modal systems of ancient Greek Music.   (1939)

Scott, Cyril: Music: its secret influence throughout the ages.   (1933 - rev 1958)

Seashore, Carl.E: Psychology of Music.   (1938)

Singh, Kirpal:  NAAM OR WORD   (1972)

Sivananda, Swami: Tantra Yoga, Nada Yoga, and Kriya Yoga.   (1994)

So, Jenny. F:  Music in the Age of Confucius.   (2,000)

Sorrel, Neil & Ram Narayan: Indian Music in Performance: A Practical Introduction.   (1980)

Stebbing, Lionel: Music Therapy.  (1963)

Stebbing, Lionel: Music and Healing.   (1963)

Stebbing, Lionel: Music its Occult basis and Healing value.

Steer, Maxwell (Issue Editor): CONTEMPORARY MUSIC REVIEW: Music & Mysticism (1) Vol. 4.   (1996)

Steiner, Rudolph: The Arts and their Mission.  (1964)

Steiner, Rudolph: Art in the light of Mystery Wisdom.   (1970)

Steiner, Rudolph: The Inner Nature of Music.   (1983)

Steiner, Rudolph: Art as seen in the light of Mystery Wisdom.   (1984)

Steiner, Rudolph: The Nature and Origin of the Arts.

Stewart, R.J: Music and the elemental psyche.   (1987)

Stewart, R.J: Music. Power. Harmony: A workbook of music and inner forces.   (1990)

Stockhausen, Karlhienz: Towards a Cosmic Music.   (1989)

Storr, Anthony:  Music and the Mind.   (1992)

Sullivan, Anita.T: The Seventh Dragon. The Riddle of Equal Temperament.   (1985)

Takemitsu, Toru:  Confronting Silence.   (1995)

Tame, David: The Secret Power of Music.   (1984)

Tavener, John: The Music of  Silence.   (1999)

Telfer, John: THE SENSE OF PROPORTION a study of musical harmonics & their correlations with geometric patterns in nature (1999)

Theroux, Michael:  Rhythmic Formative Forces of Music.   (1995)

Tomatis, Dr Alfred: The Conscious Ear.   (1990)

Tyndall, John: SOUND.   (1867)    Fifth edition revised (1893)

Van Dyke, Deborah:  TRAVELLING THE SACRED SOUND CURRENT keys for conscious evolution.   (2001)

Various: New and Rediscovered Musical Instruments. Volume.1.   (1974)

Various: Acoustics. Teach Yourself.   (1967)

Vessantara:  The Vajra and Bell.  (2001)

Verbeke, Geert: Singing Bowls - An ABC   (2000)

Von Tongeren, Mark C:   OVERTONE SINGING physics & metaphysics of harmonics in east and west   (2002).

Voss, Fred: Man, Music & Cosmos (Vol. 1. Of the being of music)   (1977)

Voss, Fred: Man, Music & Cosmos (Vol. 2.  Of the transformation of hearing)    (1977)

Voss, Fred: Man, Music & Cosmos (Vol. 3.  The Interval Theory)   (1977)

Voss, Fred: Man, Music & Cosmos (Vol. 4. Being and operation of the sound-keys)    (1977)

Wangyal, Tenzin (Rinpoche):  Tibetan Sound Healing.   (2007)

Werbeck-Svardstrom, Valborg: Uncovering the Voice. (1980)

Whitney, John: Digital Harmony. (1980)

Whone, Herbert: The Hidden Face of Music. (1974)

Wickes, John: Innovations in British Jazz. Volume One: 1960-1980.  (1999)

Williamson, Clive (prod): THE SCIENCE of sound.   (1990)

Winkler, Franz.E: For Freedom Destined: Mysteries of Man's Evolution in the Mythology of Wagner’s Ring Operas and Parsifal. (1974)

Winston, Shirley Rab: Music as the Bridge. Based on the Edgar Cayce Readings. (1972)

Wood, Alexander: ACOUSTICS (The Student’s Physics Vol.2).  (1940)

Young, LaMonte & Marian Zazeela: Selected Writings. (1969)

Zuckerkandl, Victor: Sound and Symbol: Music and the External World. (1956)

Zuckerkandl, Victor: The Sense of Music. (1959)

Zuckerkandl, Victor: Man the Musician. (1973)

 

Japasutram (anonymous)

 

 

Kok, Binkey Publications:   The Unique Singing Bowl   (2000)            (Book & CD)

Kok, Binkey Publications:  Chakra Delight   (2001)                                (Book & CD)

Surijit Das & Swapan Bhattacharya:  CHAKRA YOGA MEDITATION   (2003)     (CD & Booklet)

Ellipsis Arts:   TIBET: The Heart of Dharma. Buddha's Teachings and the Music they Inspired.   (1996)    (Book & CD)

Ellipsis Arts:   DEEP IN THE HEART OF TUVA cowboy music from the wild east.   (1996)    (CD & Book)

 

 

Alongside numerous papers, articles, chapters, videos of TV programmes, radio broadcasts, and cassette lectures from a large variety of sources.  This is a list of my own personal collection of books and some have been gifts and so, it goes without saying, that I do not necessarily fully endorse everything listed above.

 

 

 

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