Storybook Strings — Books https://storybookstrings.com/books/ Biographies, technical manuals, oral histories and composer memoirs reviewed for accuracy and usefulness, with a note on who each book is for. en-US Tue, 08 Sep 2026 05:29:24 GMT Books The Reluctant Subject: Inside the First Biography of John Williams https://storybookstrings.com/books/the-reluctant-subject-inside-the-first-biography-of-john-williams/ https://storybookstrings.com/books/the-reluctant-subject-inside-the-first-biography-of-john-williams/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:50:37 GMT Javier Hughes Books How Songs Hold Stories: five books that explain the craft https://storybookstrings.com/books/books-about-songs-and-storytelling-craft/ https://storybookstrings.com/books/books-about-songs-and-storytelling-craft/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Javier Hughes Books The Paper Under the Notes: what sheet music editions are really saying https://storybookstrings.com/books/sheet-music-editions-what-collectors-should-know/ https://storybookstrings.com/books/sheet-music-editions-what-collectors-should-know/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Javier Hughes Books Stories in the Margins: Music History Books That Read Like Novels https://storybookstrings.com/books/music-history-books-that-read-like-stories/ https://storybookstrings.com/books/music-history-books-that-read-like-stories/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Javier Hughes Books The Sleeve Essay: a short history of liner notes as a literary form https://storybookstrings.com/books/liner-notes-as-literary-form/ https://storybookstrings.com/books/liner-notes-as-literary-form/ Wed, 20 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Javier Hughes Books From Page to Aria: what survives when a novel becomes an opera https://storybookstrings.com/books/how-novels-become-operas/ https://storybookstrings.com/books/how-novels-become-operas/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT Oliver Grant Books Composing a Life on Paper: what composer memoirs actually reveal about working methods https://storybookstrings.com/books/composer-memoirs-what-they-reveal/ https://storybookstrings.com/books/composer-memoirs-what-they-reveal/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT Oliver Grant Books The Instrument Is a Voice: how audiobook narration borrows the grammar of music https://storybookstrings.com/books/audiobook-narration-as-musical-storytelling/ https://storybookstrings.com/books/audiobook-narration-as-musical-storytelling/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Oliver Grant Books Reading the Silent Pages: How a Printed Score Tells Its Story https://storybookstrings.com/books/reading-a-printed-score-like-a-text/ https://storybookstrings.com/books/reading-a-printed-score-like-a-text/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT Oliver Grant Books Writing the Unhearable: how fiction writes music on the page https://storybookstrings.com/books/novels-about-musicians-how-fiction-writes-music/ https://storybookstrings.com/books/novels-about-musicians-how-fiction-writes-music/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Oliver Grant Books The Score on the Shelf: a reading list of serious books on film-score craft https://storybookstrings.com/books/books-on-film-score-craft-reading-list/ https://storybookstrings.com/books/books-on-film-score-craft-reading-list/ Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Javier Hughes Books