Art music, orchestral and formal music

Central to the development of abstract art, in the early decades of the 20th century was the conception (most famously articulated by Walter Pater) that the most appropriate paradigm for non-figurative art was music.

Central to the development of abstract art, in the early decades of the 20th century was the conception (most famously articulated by Walter Pater) that the most appropriate paradigm for non-figurative art was music.

Life in ancient Greece was musical life.

Life in ancient Greece was musical life.

From Hitler's notorious fondness for Wagner's operas to classical music's role in fuelling German chauvinism in the era of the world wars, many observers have pointed to a distinct relationship between German culture and reactionary politics.

From Hitler's notorious fondness for Wagner's operas to classical music's role in fuelling German chauvinism in the era of the world wars, many observers have pointed to a distinct relationship between German culture and reactionary politics.

The aesthetics of imperfection emphasises spontaneity, disruption, process and energy over formal perfection and is often ignored by many commentators or seen only in improvisation.

The aesthetics of imperfection emphasises spontaneity, disruption, process and energy over formal perfection and is often ignored by many commentators or seen only in improvisation.

The complete dramatic toolbox for the opera singer a step-by-step guide detailing how to create character, from auditions through to rehearsal and performance and formulate a successful career.

The complete dramatic toolbox for the opera singer a step-by-step guide detailing how to create character, from auditions through to rehearsal and performance and formulate a successful career.

Most successful leaders know that leadership is an art, not a science.

Most successful leaders know that leadership is an art, not a science.

What is it like to work as a classical musician today?

What is it like to work as a classical musician today?

Since the late 1980s, the boundaries between the 'musicologies' have become increasingly blurred.

Since the late 1980s, the boundaries between the 'musicologies' have become increasingly blurred.

Green's study is more than a biography of an Anglo-African composer.

Green's study is more than a biography of an Anglo-African composer.

Originally published in 1977.

Originally published in 1977.

This collection of essays, first published in 1987, provides a sociological treatment of many musical forms - rock, jazz, classical - with special emphasis on the perspective of the practising musician.

This book, first published in 1987, tells the intriguing and culturally complex story of the art school influence on postwar British popular music.

This book, first published in 1987, tells the intriguing and culturally complex story of the art school influence on postwar British popular music.

This collection of essays, first published in 1987, provides a sociological treatment of many musical forms - rock, jazz, classical - with special emphasis on the perspective of the practising musician.

In the writings of Nicola Vicentino (1555) and Gioseffo Zarlino (1558) is found, for the first time, a systematic means of explaining music's expressive power based upon the specific melodic and harmonic intervals from which it is constructed.

In the writings of Nicola Vicentino (1555) and Gioseffo Zarlino (1558) is found, for the first time, a systematic means of explaining music's expressive power based upon the specific melodic and harmonic intervals from which it is constructed.

The early-Republican era (1923-1938) was a major period of musical and cultural change in Turkey.

The early-Republican era (1923-1938) was a major period of musical and cultural change in Turkey.

The rehabilitation of British music began with Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford.

The rehabilitation of British music began with Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford.

This is the first full-length study of British women's instrumental chamber music in the early twentieth century.

This is the first full-length study of British women's instrumental chamber music in the early twentieth century.

This companion volume to The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe surveys an area of music neglected by modern scholars: the consort suites and dance music by musicians working in the seventeenth-century German towns.

This companion volume to The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe surveys an area of music neglected by modern scholars: the consort suites and dance music by musicians working in the seventeenth-century German towns.

The flourishing of religious or spiritually-inspired music in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries remains largely unexplored.

The flourishing of religious or spiritually-inspired music in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries remains largely unexplored.

This collection of original essays is in tribute to the work of Derek Scott on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.

This collection of original essays is in tribute to the work of Derek Scott on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.

Shostakovich's music is often described as being dynamic, energetic.

Shostakovich's music is often described as being dynamic, energetic.

Death affects all aspects of life, it touches our emotions and influences our identity.

Death affects all aspects of life, it touches our emotions and influences our identity.

Sonata form is fundamentally a dramatic structure that creates, manipulates, and ultimately satisfies expectation.

Sonata form is fundamentally a dramatic structure that creates, manipulates, and ultimately satisfies expectation.

For over three decades Michael Nyman's music has succeeded in reaching beyond the small community of contemporary music aficionados to a much wider range of listeners.

For over three decades Michael Nyman's music has succeeded in reaching beyond the small community of contemporary music aficionados to a much wider range of listeners.

In nineteenth-century British society music and musicians were organized as they had never been before.

In nineteenth-century British society music and musicians were organized as they had never been before.

The history of music at the Maison royale de Saint-Louis at Saint-Cyr - the famous convent school founded by Madame de Maintenon and established by Louis XIV in 1686 as a royal foundation - is both rich and intriguing; its large repertory of music was composed expressly for young female voices by important composers working within significant contemporary musical genres: liturgical chant, sacred motets, theatrical music, and cantiques spirituels.

The history of music at the Maison royale de Saint-Louis at Saint-Cyr - the famous convent school founded by Madame de Maintenon and established by Louis XIV in 1686 as a royal foundation - is both rich and intriguing; its large repertory of music was composed expressly for young female voices by important composers working within significant contemporary musical genres: liturgical chant, sacred motets, theatrical music, and cantiques spirituels.