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Beethoven: The 'moonlight' And Other Sonatas, Op. 27 And Op. 31 - Timothy JonesEven in Beethoven's day the 'Moonlight' Sonata was a popular favourite. This book provides an accessible introduction to the Sonatas Opp. 27 and 31 (includin...... |
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Russians On Russian Music, 1880-1917This second anthology of Russian writing on Russian music begins in 1880 (where the first volume concluded) and ends in 1917. It brings for the first time to...... |
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The Cambridge History Of Nineteenth-century MusicThis comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on the most recent scholarship in the field. It avoids mere repertory surveys, focusing ...... |
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Polish Music Since Szymanowski - Adrian ThomasThis book looks at Polish music since 1937 and its interaction with political and cultural turmoil. In Part I musical developments are placed in the context ...... |
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Dowland: Lachrimae (1604) - Peter HolmanDowland's Lachrimae (1604) is perhaps the greatest but most enigmatic publication of instrumental music from before the eighteenth century. This new handbook...... |
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Scientific Method In Ptolemy's harmonics - Andrew BarkerThe science called 'harmonics' was one of the major intellectual enterprises of Greek antiquity. Ptolemy's treatise seeks to invest it with new scientific ri...... |
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The Keyboard Sonatas Of Domenico Scarlatti And Eighteenth-century Musical Style - W. Dean SutcliffeW. Dean Sutcliffe investigates one of the greatest yet least understood repertories of Western keyboard music: the 555 keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti...... |
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The Motet In The Age Of Du Fay - Julie E. CummingDuring the lifetime of Guillaume Du Fay (c. 1400-1474) the motet underwent a profound transformation. Because of the protean nature of the motet during this ...... |
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Treatise On Vocal Performance And Ornamentation By Johann Adam Hiller - Johann Adam HillerHiller's Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation was published in Germany in 1780 and is an important manual on vocal technique and performance in th...... |
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Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise - BerliozBerlioz's Orchestration Treatise is a classic textbook which has been used as a guide to orchestration and as a source book for the understanding both of Ber...... |
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Haydn StudiesThe advances in Haydn scholarship would have been unthinkable to earlier generations, who honoured the composer more in word than in deed. Haydn Studies deal...... |
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Janacek StudiesThis book is the first major publication devoted to the music of Jancek, now widely regarded as one of the most important composers of the early twentieth ce...... |
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Tippett StudiesMichael Tippett (1905--1998) was one of the major figures of British music in this century. This volume of essays provides the first substantial writing on t...... |
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Composing The Citizen - Jann PaslerIn a book that challenges modernist ideas about the value and role of music in Western society, Composing the Citizen demonstrates how music can help forge a...... |
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Digging: The Afro-american Soul Of American Classical Music - Amiri BarakaFor almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. In this brilliant assemblage ...... |
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Writing About Music - D. Kern HolomanHow do you spell "Mendelssohn"? Where do you place the hyphen in "Beethoven" if it breaks between two lines? Is it "premiere" or "première"? The answers and ...... |
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Struggling To Define A Nation: American Music And The Twentieth Century - Charles Hiroshi GarrettIdentifying music as a vital site of cultural debate, Struggling to Define a Nation captures the dynamic, contested nature of musical life in the United Stat...... |
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Wagner Beyond Good And Evil - John DeathridgeJohn Deathridge presents a different and critical view of Richard Wagner based on recent research that does not shy away from some unpalatable truths about t...... |
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1989 - Joshua CloverIn a tour de force of lyrical theory, Joshua Clover boldly reimagines how we understand both pop music and its social context in a vibrant exploration of a y...... |
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Monk's Music - Gabriel SolisThelonious Monk (1917-1982) was one of jazz's greatest and most enigmatic figures. As a composer, pianist, and bandleader, Monk both extended the piano tradi...... |


















