Art music, orchestral and formal music

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

This volume reveals music''s role in Victorian liberalism and its relationship with literature, locating the Victorian salon within intellectual and cultural history.

A fresh evaluation of Liszt''s symphonic poems, based on contextual, philosophical and musical evidence.

A fresh evaluation of Liszt''s symphonic poems, based on contextual, philosophical and musical evidence.

Brings into focus the vibrant musical, cultural and historical currents of eighteenth-century Europe and how they shaped Mozart''s career.

This book re-examines early modern musical culture to suggest how music shapes meaning in plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

A collection of essays revealing how operetta spread across borders and became popular on the musical stages of the world.

Brings into focus the vibrant musical, cultural and historical currents of eighteenth-century Europe and how they shaped Mozart''s career.

This book re-examines early modern musical culture to suggest how music shapes meaning in plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

The first book-length study of the a cappella masses which appeared in France in choirbook layout during the baroque era.

The first book-length study of the a cappella masses which appeared in France in choirbook layout during the baroque era.

The essays in this volume offer diverse, innovative approaches to medieval music and culture.

The essays in this volume offer diverse, innovative approaches to medieval music and culture.

A performer''s perspective on Reich''s compositions which explores the techniques developed by musicians to bring his compositions to life.

Examines the evolving practices in music, librettos, choreographed dance, and staging throughout the history of French Baroque opera.

A performer''s perspective on Reich''s compositions which explores the techniques developed by musicians to bring his compositions to life.

Examines the evolving practices in music, librettos, choreographed dance, and staging throughout the history of French Baroque opera.

Focusing on opera and modernism in postwar Venice, Boyd-Bennett challenges assumptions about music in the twentieth century.

Offers new perspectives on the nineteenth-century composer Johannes Brahms - from his childhood and personal matters to his compositional legacy.

The first comprehensive study of musical form in operatic and concert overtures in continental Europe between 1815 and 1850.

Offers new perspectives on the nineteenth-century composer Johannes Brahms - from his childhood and personal matters to his compositional legacy.

The first comprehensive study of musical form in operatic and concert overtures in continental Europe between 1815 and 1850.

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

This collection explores the works, influence, reception and legacy of one of the most important composers in contemporary musical life.

This collection explores the works, influence, reception and legacy of one of the most important composers in contemporary musical life.

This comprehensive study of Bloch''s life and works draws on recollections of those who knew and worked with the composer.

This comprehensive study of Bloch''s life and works draws on recollections of those who knew and worked with the composer.

John MacAuslan interprets four great Schumann works in the context of their literary connections and Romantic aesthetic concepts.

David Cline provides a detailed analysis of Morton Feldman''s graph works and how they changed the course of post-war music.

David Cline provides a detailed analysis of Morton Feldman''s graph works and how they changed the course of post-war music.

This is the first in-depth study in any language exploring the vast cultural range of instrumental music during the Renaissance.

This is the first in-depth study in any language exploring the vast cultural range of instrumental music during the Renaissance.

John MacAuslan interprets four great Schumann works in the context of their literary connections and Romantic aesthetic concepts.

Peter Williams revisits Bach''s biography through the lens of his music, revealing the development of the composer''s interests and priorities.

This study analyzes chamber music from Mozart''s time within its highly social salon-performance context.

David Kimbell sets Handel''s operas in their biographical and cultural contexts, exploring drama, music and styles of performance.

Peter Williams revisits Bach''s biography through the lens of his music, revealing the development of the composer''s interests and priorities.

This study analyzes chamber music from Mozart''s time within its highly social salon-performance context.

David Kimbell sets Handel''s operas in their biographical and cultural contexts, exploring drama, music and styles of performance.

A state-of-the-art overview of the analysis of electroacoustic music, which includes discussions of a wide range of works.

A state-of-the-art overview of the analysis of electroacoustic music, which includes discussions of a wide range of works.

David Damschroder''s new analytical perspective sheds fresh light on Beethoven''s harmonic structures.

David Damschroder''s new analytical perspective sheds fresh light on Beethoven''s harmonic structures.

This collection brings fresh perspectives to bear upon key questions surrounding the composition, performance and reception of musical modernism.

This collection brings fresh perspectives to bear upon key questions surrounding the composition, performance and reception of musical modernism.

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.

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Carola Nielinger-Vakil examines selected works by Nono in the historical context of Italy and Germany after 1945.