Composers and songwriters

'A Gilbert is of no use without a Sullivan.

Most scholars since World War Two have assumed that composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) maintained a strong attachment to Judaism throughout his lifetime.

When Bela Bartok died in September of 1945, he left a partially completed viola concerto commissioned by the virtuoso violist William Primrose.

Renowned music historians Floyd and Margaret Grave present a fresh perspective on a comprehensive survey of the works.

Following the earlier volumes in the Studies in Musical Genesis and Structure series, Mahler's Fourth Symphony is a study of origins of one of Mahler's most popular and accessible works.

For this authoritative post-cold-war biography of Shostakovich's illustrious but turbulent career under Soviet rule, Laurel E.

Enrique Granados (1867-1916) is one of the most compelling figures of the late-Romantic period in music.

A freewheeling blend of continental European folk music and the songs, tunes, and dances of Anglo and Celtic immigrants, polkabilly has enthralled American musicians and dancers since the mid-19th century.

This is the first book to consider all aspects of the life of Agostino Steffani (1654-1728), a composer, diplomat, and bishop.

Johann Sebastian Bach's two surviving passions--St.

Georges Barrere (1876-1944) holds a preeminent place in the history of American flute playing.

In this penetrating study, Russell Stinson explores how four of the greatest composers of the nineteenth century--Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms--responded to the model of Bach's organ music.

In Oh Joy!

The past ten years have seen a rapidly growing interest in performing and recording Classical and Romantic music with period instruments; yet the relationship of composers' notation to performing practices during that period has received only sporadic attention from scholars, and many aspects of composers' intentions have remained uncertain.

Today, the saxophone is an emblem of "e;cool"e; and the instrument most closely associated with jazz.

Bach's cantatas are among the highest achievements of Western musical art, yet studies of the individual cantatas that are both illuminating and detailed are few.

Since its beginnings, opera has depended on recognition as a central aspect of both plot and theme.

Lateness and Brahms takes up the fascinating, yet understudied problem of how Brahms fits into the culture of turn-of-the-century Vienna.

In 1919, the world stood at the threshold of the Jazz Age.

Bach's St.

Using a replica of Beethoven's Erard piano, scholar and performer Tom Beghin launches a striking reinterpretation of a key period of Beethoven's work.

How and why did the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) matter to experimental writers in the early twentieth century?

How and why did the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) matter to experimental writers in the early twentieth century?

Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) was one of the most popular and influential creative forces in late Georgian Britain, producing a diversity of works that defy simple categorisation.

Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) was one of the most popular and influential creative forces in late Georgian Britain, producing a diversity of works that defy simple categorisation.

Synesthesia is a fascinating phenomenon which has captured the imagination of scientists and artists alike.

The opera singer Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci was one of the most famous celebrities of the eighteenth century.

The opera singer Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci was one of the most famous celebrities of the eighteenth century.

The book comprises a selection of some 750 letters of the composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, selected from an extant corpus of about 3,300.

I am aware that, once my pen intervenes, I can make whatever I like out of what I was.

'In ancient tales many marvels are told us .

I am aware that, once my pen intervenes, I can make whatever I like out of what I was.

'In ancient tales many marvels are told us .

The connections between a great artist's life and work are subtle, complex, and often highly revealing.

This is the only English translation of this important book by the world's most distinguished Bach scholar.

Born into one of England's best-known families, Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-76) was not only the foremost organist and church musician of his generation, but a vigorous campaigner for higher standards in cathedral music.

This book gives an account of the individual works of one of the greatest composers.

This is the second of a two-volume study of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

'Late style' is a critical term routinely deployed to characterise the work of selected authors, composers, and creative artists as they enter their last phase of production--often, but not only, in old age.

This biography provides a versatile insight into the life, work, and thought of Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965).

This biography provides a versatile insight into the life, work, and thought of Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965).

"e;Essential reading, plain and simple.

This is the only English translation of this important book by the world's most distinguished Bach scholar.

'Late style' is a critical term routinely deployed to characterise the work of selected authors, composers, and creative artists as they enter their last phase of production--often, but not only, in old age.

In a stretch of just seven years, the Beatles recorded hundreds of songs which tower above those of their worthy peers as both the product of cultural leadership and an artistic reflection of their turbulent age, the1960s.

Milton Babbitt (1916-2011) was, at once, one of the century's foremost composers and a founder of American music theory.

Milton Babbitt (1916-2011) was, at once, one of the century's foremost composers and a founder of American music theory.

Saving Abstraction: Morton Feldman, the de Menils, and the Rothko Chapel tells the story of the 1972 premier of Morton Feldman's music for the Rothko Chapel in Houston.

Saving Abstraction: Morton Feldman, the de Menils, and the Rothko Chapel tells the story of the 1972 premier of Morton Feldman's music for the Rothko Chapel in Houston.

Between early 1806 and early 1807, Ludwig van Beethoven completed a remarkable series of instrumental works.