Music reviews and criticism

A thematic exploration of Schubert''s style, applied in readings of his instrumental and vocal literature by international scholars.

A thematic exploration of Schubert''s style, applied in readings of his instrumental and vocal literature by international scholars.

These volumes present the recently discovered archives of the Erard firm, perhaps the largest record of musical instrument making anywhere.

These volumes present the recently discovered archives of the Erard firm, perhaps the largest record of musical instrument making anywhere.

Through analysis, Matthew Bribitzer-Stull explores the legacy of the leitmotif, from Wagner''s Ring cycle to present-day Hollywood film music.

This collection represents current research on Birtwistle''s music, reflecting the diversity of his work through a wide range of perspectives.

This collection represents current research on Birtwistle''s music, reflecting the diversity of his work through a wide range of perspectives.

Through analysis, Matthew Bribitzer-Stull explores the legacy of the leitmotif, from Wagner''s Ring cycle to present-day Hollywood film music.

This book is a convenient, alphabetized reference work that deals comprehensively with the demands of caring for historic musical instruments.

This book is a convenient, alphabetized reference work that deals comprehensively with the demands of caring for historic musical instruments.

Inge van Rij''s book demonstrates how Berlioz used the sights and sounds of the orchestra to explore other worlds.

Inge van Rij''s book demonstrates how Berlioz used the sights and sounds of the orchestra to explore other worlds.

The Monstrous New Art reveals the depth of medieval composers'' engagement with monstrous and hybrid creatures and ideas.

This major essay collection takes a fresh look at how differences among people matter for music and musical thought.

The Monstrous New Art reveals the depth of medieval composers'' engagement with monstrous and hybrid creatures and ideas.

This major essay collection takes a fresh look at how differences among people matter for music and musical thought.

A fresh look at Stravinsky''s musical style, from a variety of analytical, critical and aesthetic angles.

A fresh look at Stravinsky''s musical style, from a variety of analytical, critical and aesthetic angles.

Bryan Gilliam explores the composer''s response to Wagner in his discussion of Strauss'' stage works and their historical contexts.

Bryan Gilliam explores the composer''s response to Wagner in his discussion of Strauss'' stage works and their historical contexts.

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Julie Brown reconsiders Schoenberg''s step into atonality as a response to Wagner''s charges concerning the Jewish influence on German music.

Julie Brown reconsiders Schoenberg''s step into atonality as a response to Wagner''s charges concerning the Jewish influence on German music.

Music and Ethical Responsibility argues that musical experience involves encounters with others, and ethical responsibilities arise from those encounters.

Music and Ethical Responsibility argues that musical experience involves encounters with others, and ethical responsibilities arise from those encounters.

Jack Boss presents detailed analyses of Arnold Schoenberg''s twelve-tone pieces, bringing the composer''s ''musical idea'' - problem, elaboration, solution - to life.

Cohen traces a history of modernism in migration through the composer Stefan Wolpe, from the Bauhaus to Black Mountain College.

Jack Boss presents detailed analyses of Arnold Schoenberg''s twelve-tone pieces, bringing the composer''s ''musical idea'' - problem, elaboration, solution - to life.

Cohen traces a history of modernism in migration through the composer Stefan Wolpe, from the Bauhaus to Black Mountain College.

Jochen Eisentraut''s book provides a range of perspectives on why, and how, we engage with music.

Jochen Eisentraut''s book provides a range of perspectives on why, and how, we engage with music.

Innovative analytical techniques provide a penetrating view of how Haydn and Mozart employ harmony in their compositions.

Innovative analytical techniques provide a penetrating view of how Haydn and Mozart employ harmony in their compositions.

Haydn is enjoying renewed appreciation: this book explores fresh approaches to his music and the cultural forces affecting it.

Haydn is enjoying renewed appreciation: this book explores fresh approaches to his music and the cultural forces affecting it.

Watkins presents a cultural history of metaphors of musical depth in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German criticism and analysis.

Watkins presents a cultural history of metaphors of musical depth in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German criticism and analysis.

A radical reappraisal of the left-wing politics at the heart of nineteenth-century German music and culture, first published in 2010.

A radical reappraisal of the left-wing politics at the heart of nineteenth-century German music and culture, first published in 2010.

This book investigates women's ritual authority and the common boundaries between religion and notions of gender, ethnicity, and identity.

This book is about social phenomena that directly acknowledge the structures and ideologies emerging after September 11, 2001.

This book compares female administrators who specifically chose to serve the Nazi cause in voluntary roles with those who took on such work as a progression of established careers.

This handbook provides an original, comprehensive and unparalleled overview of feminist scholarship in sport, leisure and physical education.

This book revives and revitalises the literary Gothic in the hands of contemporary women writers.

Now in paperback for the first time, the Handbook is an academic adaptation of information contained in the Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media, a study commissioned by the International Women's Media Foundation.

In this book, feminist scholar Nina Lykke highlights current issues in feminist theory, epistemology and methodology.

Over the past decade, democratization and civil society promotion became key variables in preserving global security and the liberal economic market.

This insightful study of contemporary birthing uses the work of doulas to explore the questions raised near birth: What do we value, and how do we navigate those values when they are tangled in conflict?

Now in paperback for the first time, the Handbook is an academic adaptation of information contained in the Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media, a study commissioned by the International Women's Media Foundation.

Within both feminist theory and popular culture, establishing similarities between embodied practices rooted in different cultural and geo-political contexts (e.