Composers and songwriters

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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.

Walter Aaron Clark's detailed and accurate account (the first in English) of one of the most intriguing figures of the Romantic period is now available in paperback.

This book explores the phenomenon of suicide tourism.

This book explores the phenomenon of suicide tourism.

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 .

Easeful Death sets out in straightforward terms the main arguments both for and against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia.

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 .

Arguably the pre-eminent European sculptor of his age, but historically considered little more than the facile court sculptor to the grand dukes of Florence, Giambologna played a major role in the artistic transformations of the late sixteenth century.

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

Easeful Death sets out in straightforward terms the main arguments both for and against the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia.

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.

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

Described by music critic Alex Ross as "e;the most original musical thinker of our time"e; and having received innumerable accolades in a career spanning over fifty years, composer Steve Reich is considered by many to be America's greatest contemporary composer.

Johann Sebastian Bach has loomed large in the imagination of scholars, performers, and audiences since the late nineteenth century.

Johann Sebastian Bach has loomed large in the imagination of scholars, performers, and audiences since the late nineteenth century.

In Pop Masculinities, author Kai Arne Hansen investigates the performance and policing of masculinity in pop music as a starting point for grasping the broad complexity of gender and its politics in the early twenty-first century.

In Pop Masculinities, author Kai Arne Hansen investigates the performance and policing of masculinity in pop music as a starting point for grasping the broad complexity of gender and its politics in the early twenty-first century.

John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra is one of the seminal works of the second half of the twentieth century, and the centerpiece of the middle period of Cage's output.

John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra is one of the seminal works of the second half of the twentieth century, and the centerpiece of the middle period of Cage's output.

Bach has remained a figure of continuous fascination and interest to scholars and readers since the original Master Musicians Bach volume's publication in 1983 - even since its revision in 2000, understanding of Bach and his music's historical and cultural context has shifted substantially.