Music reviews and criticism

Challenges current accounts of the French ars nova, a musical art that was both criticised and heralded for its modernity.

Interprets an eighteenth-century musical repertoire in sociable terms, both technically (specific musical patterns) and affectively (predominant emotional registers of the music).

Offers a radical and interdisciplinary analysis that will transform readers'' understanding of this deeply compelling early twentieth-century composer.

This book charts Messiaen''s transformation of birdsong into music and its development into a major work of the twentieth century.

A varied and wide-ranging collection in which the celebrated post-war composer Peter Maxwell Davies presents his work and his opinions.

A systematic and detailed analysis of the work of this extremely popular composer, providing description, context, examples, and commentary.

Portrays Schoenberg''s atonal music as successions of motives and pitch-class sets that flesh out ''musical idea'' and ''basic image'' frameworks.

Redefines musical analysis for a period that marks the beginnings of composition as we know it now.

A creative and accessible harmonic analysis of major works by key composers, demonstrating innovative methods in harmonic theory with sound examples.

Examines questions raised, in antiquity and now, by mythical narratives about humans transforming into non-human musical beings.

A fresh analytical and musicological exploration of Schubert''s incorporation of lyric elements into sonata form by way of his string quartets.

Discover the Heartbeat Behind Americas Most Beloved SoundStep into the rich tapestry of country musics evolution, tracing its roots from humble Appalachian beginnings to the vibrant honky-tonks that defined an era.

Discover the Heartbeat Behind Americas Most Beloved SoundStep into the rich tapestry of country musics evolution, tracing its roots from humble Appalachian beginnings to the vibrant honky-tonks that defined an era.

In the summer of 2002, I began to chronicle my Daily events on a Major Label recording session with a bidding-war band, an infamous producer, and a seemingly limitless budget.

The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 8 is one of six volumes within the 'Genre' strand of the series.

 En Sobrevivir al patriarcado Leidys Mena Valderrama plantea una apuesta de re-existencia a través de la cual debate las imposiciones patriarcales sobre los sujetos, combinando análisis sociológico con perspectiva de género para develar los privilegios que dicho sistema configura para los hombres y lo masculino, al tiempo que evidencia las cadenas que arrastran la libertad de todos en este modelo, incluidos los privilegiados.

«En aquel primer fin de semana establecí el rito de la cena.

This monograph explores how Chilean urban workers translated nineteenth-century European political philosophy according to their conditions, locality, and colonial history.

This monograph explores how Chilean urban workers translated nineteenth-century European political philosophy according to their conditions, locality, and colonial history.

The hotly anticipated literary debut by SELF ESTEEM

'An oracle'
DOLLY ALDERTON

'Articulate[s] a universal, feminine wisdom with such ferocity it feels like she's slapping the reader around the face'
OBSERVER

'Equal parts self-lacerating, tender and witty'
GLAMOUR

'Furious, sharp, funny, honest'
iPAPER

Sometimes when I drink wine out of a globulous glass with the thinnest of rims, blocking out the fact it's billed at £14 a pop, I think of baby Becky.

Hair so blonde it's neon white, cheeks so chubby you can't see her eyes. What must she think right now? She must think she made it.

We're a great big adult person.

That was always the plan, right?

In her extraordinary debut, with her trademark lyricism and razor-sharp wit, Ivor Novello Award-winning musician and artist Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka SELF ESTEEM) takes us on a journey through womanhood - whatever the hell that means.

Through the notes, lyrics and biting observational prose for which Taylor has become renowned, A Complicated Woman offers itself up as a subversive anti-Bible for any woman who has ever cracked under the weight of impossible expectation; who has done unto others the damage that has been wrought upon her; and who has discovered deep within herself a resilience that surprised her.

A Complicated Woman is a cathartic scream of a book that gets to the heart of being a woman in the world today, and cements Taylor as one of the most exciting voices of her generation.

The book invites its readers to explore the role erotic love, pleasure, and friendship play in crafting a good life.