Art music, orchestral and formal music

Music, Art and Diplomacy shows how a vibrant field of cultural exchange between East and West was taking place during the Cold War, which contrasts with the orthodox understanding of two divided and antithetical blocs.

Music, Art and Diplomacy shows how a vibrant field of cultural exchange between East and West was taking place during the Cold War, which contrasts with the orthodox understanding of two divided and antithetical blocs.

Technology revolutionised the ways that music was produced in the twentieth century.

Technology revolutionised the ways that music was produced in the twentieth century.

In his 1985 book The Idea of Music: Schoenberg and Others, Peter Franklin set out a challenge for musicology: namely, how best to talk and write about the music of modern European culture that fell outside of the modernist mainstream typified by Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern?

In his 1985 book The Idea of Music: Schoenberg and Others, Peter Franklin set out a challenge for musicology: namely, how best to talk and write about the music of modern European culture that fell outside of the modernist mainstream typified by Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern?

Opera has been performed in Australia for more than two hundred years, yet none of the operas written before the Second World War have become part of the repertoire.

Opera has been performed in Australia for more than two hundred years, yet none of the operas written before the Second World War have become part of the repertoire.

Peter Philips (c.

Peter Philips (c.

The operatic culture of late eighteenth-century Naples represents the fullest expression of a matrix of creators, practitioners, theorists, patrons, and entrepreneurs linking aristocratic, public and religious spheres of contemporary society.

The operatic culture of late eighteenth-century Naples represents the fullest expression of a matrix of creators, practitioners, theorists, patrons, and entrepreneurs linking aristocratic, public and religious spheres of contemporary society.

With its first public live performance in Paris on 11 February 1896, Oscar Wilde's Salome took on female embodied form that signalled the start of 'her' phenomenal journey through the history of the arts in the twentieth century.

With its first public live performance in Paris on 11 February 1896, Oscar Wilde's Salome took on female embodied form that signalled the start of 'her' phenomenal journey through the history of the arts in the twentieth century.

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) was arguably the most important Russian composer since Shostakovich, and his music has generated a great deal of academic interest in the years since his death.

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) was arguably the most important Russian composer since Shostakovich, and his music has generated a great deal of academic interest in the years since his death.

How does one go about writing the history of musical composition in the late twentieth century when, on the one hand, so much of it seems impossibly fractured and disassociated, and, on the other, there has been so little certainty about what the notion of 'music history' might entail under the critiques of post-modernism?

How does one go about writing the history of musical composition in the late twentieth century when, on the one hand, so much of it seems impossibly fractured and disassociated, and, on the other, there has been so little certainty about what the notion of 'music history' might entail under the critiques of post-modernism?

Addressing a gap in Shelley studies, Jessica K.

As a distinctive and attractive musical repertory, the hundred-odd English carols of the fifteenth century have always had a ready audience.

As a distinctive and attractive musical repertory, the hundred-odd English carols of the fifteenth century have always had a ready audience.

Modernism in music still arouses passions and is riven by controversies.

Modernism in music still arouses passions and is riven by controversies.

The symphony retained its primacy as the most prestigious large-scale orchestral form throughout the first half of the twentieth century, particularly in Britain, Russia and the United States.

The symphony retained its primacy as the most prestigious large-scale orchestral form throughout the first half of the twentieth century, particularly in Britain, Russia and the United States.

Susan Burney (1755-1800) was the third daughter of the music historian Charles Burney and the younger sister of the novelist Frances (Fanny) Burney.

Susan Burney (1755-1800) was the third daughter of the music historian Charles Burney and the younger sister of the novelist Frances (Fanny) Burney.

It was Carl Dahlhaus who coined the phrase 'dead time' to describe the state of the symphony between Schumann and Brahms.

It was Carl Dahlhaus who coined the phrase 'dead time' to describe the state of the symphony between Schumann and Brahms.

The New Bruckner provides a valuable study of Bruckner's music, focusing on the interaction of biography, textual scholarship, reception history and analysis.

The New Bruckner provides a valuable study of Bruckner's music, focusing on the interaction of biography, textual scholarship, reception history and analysis.

In recent years, interest in Rameau's operas has grown enormously.

In recent years, interest in Rameau's operas has grown enormously.

This volume provides the first printed critical edition of The Praise of Musicke (1586), keeping the original text intact and accompanied by an analytical commentary.

This volume provides the first printed critical edition of The Praise of Musicke (1586), keeping the original text intact and accompanied by an analytical commentary.

This book explores the part played by music, especially group singing, in the Protestant reforms in Strasbourg.

This book explores the part played by music, especially group singing, in the Protestant reforms in Strasbourg.

Long remembered chiefly for its modernist exhibitions on the South Bank in London, the 1951 Festival of Britain also showcased British artistic creativity in all its forms.

Long remembered chiefly for its modernist exhibitions on the South Bank in London, the 1951 Festival of Britain also showcased British artistic creativity in all its forms.

1956 was a year of transition in Poland, and an important year for Polish music.

1956 was a year of transition in Poland, and an important year for Polish music.

When considering the role music played in the major totalitarian regimes of the century it is music's usefulness as propaganda that leaps first to mind.

When considering the role music played in the major totalitarian regimes of the century it is music's usefulness as propaganda that leaps first to mind.

Complements the ongoing revival of Mieczysław Weinberg''s music and explains its unique blend of Polish and Soviet Russian influences.

Explores the rich and varied interactions between nineteenth-century science and the world of opera for the first time.

Through forty-five essays by leading scholars, this Cambridge History brings fifteenth-century music to life for both specialists and general readers.

Through forty-five essays by leading scholars, this Cambridge History brings fifteenth-century music to life for both specialists and general readers.

The first comprehensive history of Western music theory to be published in the English language.

The first comprehensive history of Western music theory to be published in the English language.

This volume considers the influences and development of the English organ sonata tradition that began in the 1850s with compositions by W.