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Musical Aesthetics.

	A Companion to Aesthetics (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy) Buy new: £21.24 / Used from: £9.98 A good general companion to all things aesthetic.
	History of Western Musical Aesthetics, A by Edward A. Lippman Buy used from: £129.95 A good and clear book about the main ideas in Western Musical Aesthetics.
	The Philosophy and Aesthetics of Music by Edward A. Lippman Buy new: £18.99 / Used from: £6.53 Examines many aspects of the Aesthetics of Music.
	Fuzzy Thinking: The New Science of Fuzzy Logic by Bart Kosko Buy used from: £0.01 Bivalence vs. Multivalence. Simplicity vs. Accuracy. Everything is a matter of degree. A good overview of Fuzzy Thinking.
	The Science of Music by Robin Maconie Buy new: £27.55 / Used from: £21.99 A good look at the science of music. The material basics of all Music.
	The Concept of Music (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Robin Maconie Buy new: £38.00 / Used from: £12.90 The fundamental conceptual questions regarding Music.
	Music, the Arts and Ideas: Patterns and Predictions in Twentieth-century Culture (Centennial Publications of the University of Chicago) by Meyer Buy new: £18.53 / Used from: £7.84 Lots of interesting ideas about Music. Chapter two is about the value and greatness in Music.
	Emotion and Meaning in Music (Phoenix Books) by Meyer Buy new: £13.00 / Used from: £18.42 More interesting stuff from Meyer about Music.
	The Language of Music (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Deryck Cooke Buy new: £23.75 / Used from: £16.99 An excellent book. Examines musical intervals and how they are used to express emotions and ideas in Music.
	The Musical Mind: The Cognitive Psychology of Music (Oxford Psychology Series) by John A. Sloboda Buy new: £27.04 / Used from: £22.00 A fine book about the cognitive psychology of Music.
	Music and Emotion: Theory and Research (Series in Affective Science) Buy new: £34.93 / Used from: £32.84 More about the emotions and Music.
	Music and the Mind by Anthony Storr Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £2.85 Very informative. Examines all kinds of questions related to Music and the Mind.
	The Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature by Malcolm Budd Buy new: £37.40 / Used from: £15.75 Everything springs from here so it might be a good idea to start with the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature.
	Music and the Emotions: The Philosophical Theories (International Library of Philosophy) by Malcolm Budd Buy new: £20.89 / Used from: £16.35 A bit dry, but still a good book. Looks at how emotions are expressed in Music and the main philosophical theories about the subject.
	Values of Art: Pictures, Poetry and Music by Malcolm Budd Buy used from: £25.00 Examines values of art. The fourth chapter is about Music.
	Fundamentals of Musical Composition by Arnold Schoenberg Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £7.40 A good and well structured book about the fundamentals of Musical composition.
	Dictionary of Symbols by J. C. Cirlot Buy new: £16.67 / Used from: £12.00 Music is often used as a symbol. A very good book about symbols and their meaning.
	Signs and Symbols: Their Design and Meaning by Adrian Frutiger Buy used from: £24.29 A very good book about visual signs and symbols, but this relates to Music in many ways. Proportions, connections and relations are of vital importance in music too.
	The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature by Philip Ball Buy new: £38.00 / Used from: £29.95 Music is a Pattern and often reflects the patterns found in nature. A good and thorough book about the beautiful and often complex patterns in nature.
	Patterns in the Sand: Computers, Complexity and Everyday Life by Terry Bossomaier Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £2.27 Another good book about the patterns we find in nature.
	Nature's Numbers: Discovering Order and Pattern in the Universe (Science Masters) by Ian Stewart Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.97 A good and clear book about the math behind nature´s patterns. You don´t need a math background to understand this very good book.
	Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.52 A brilliant book about Chaos theory. The Flowing patterns in Nature. Deterministic nonperiodic flow. Fabulous book.
	Complexification: Explaining a Paradoxical World Through the Science of Surprise by John L. Casti Buy used from: £0.57 The simple and complex patterns. The science of surprise. Patterns in nature and man made patterns. Includes discussion about Music.
	Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice (Art and Imagination) by Robert Lawlor Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £3.73 The beauty of certain proportion both in time and space. The golden ratio and other interesting proportions.
	A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe by Michael S. Schneider Buy new: £10.01 / Used from: £10.17 Great book. Clearly structured and vell written. About the Mathematical archetypes of nature art and science. Brilliant stuff.