Art music, orchestral and formal music

London operatic adaptations have been maligned, but this comprehensive study demonstrates their importance to theatre, opera and canon formation.

London operatic adaptations have been maligned, but this comprehensive study demonstrates their importance to theatre, opera and canon formation.

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 is the first book on the theory, practice and cultural context of musical riddles during the Renaissance.

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

Thomas Peattie considers the theatrical dimension of Mahler''s reinvention of the symphony at the turn of the twentieth century.

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

Ralph P.

The first in-depth historical analysis of British art music post-1945, providing a group-portrait of eleven composers ranging from avant-garde to pop.

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

Jennifer Bain contextualizes the revival of Hildegard''s music, engaging with intersections amongst local devotion and political, religious, and intellectual activity.

This is the first book on the theory, practice and cultural context of musical riddles during the Renaissance.

Jennifer Bain contextualizes the revival of Hildegard''s music, engaging with intersections amongst local devotion and political, religious, and intellectual activity.

Thomas Peattie considers the theatrical dimension of Mahler''s reinvention of the symphony at the turn of the twentieth century.

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

The first in-depth historical analysis of British art music post-1945, providing a group-portrait of eleven composers ranging from avant-garde to pop.

Ralph P.

A bold re-examination of the religious and political history of Ottonian Germany through its musical and liturgical books.

This accessible introduction is the first English-language book in a generation to cover program music as idea and repertoire.

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

A bold re-examination of the religious and political history of Ottonian Germany through its musical and liturgical books.

Ruth I.

This in-depth exploration of key manuscript sources reveals new information about medieval songs and sets them in their original contexts.

This in-depth exploration of key manuscript sources reveals new information about medieval songs and sets them in their original contexts.

Ruth I.

This accessible introduction is the first English-language book in a generation to cover program music as idea and repertoire.

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 book explores the historical-cultural interactions between French concert music and American jazz across 1900–65, from both perspectives.

Karen Henson explores a wealth of new historical material about singers and opera performance in the late nineteenth century.

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

This book explores the historical-cultural interactions between French concert music and American jazz across 1900–65, from both perspectives.

Karen Henson explores a wealth of new historical material about singers and opera performance in the late nineteenth century.

Alessandra Campana explores how operas and their stage manuals participated in the making of a modern public in late nineteenth-century Italy.

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.

Rufus Hallmark interprets Schumann''s famously controversial song cycle in the social, literary, and musical contexts of contemporary German society.

Taking its departure from King Louis XIV''s 1660 visit to Provence, this book reveals the remarkable musical developments that followed.

Rufus Hallmark interprets Schumann''s famously controversial song cycle in the social, literary, and musical contexts of contemporary German society.

Taking its departure from King Louis XIV''s 1660 visit to Provence, this book reveals the remarkable musical developments that followed.

The first study to explore the music of St Martin''s cult and its influence upon medieval religion, art and politics.

This collection explores the boundaries between Brahms'' professional identity and his lifelong engagement with private and amateur music-making.

The first study to explore the music of St Martin''s cult and its influence upon medieval religion, art and politics.

This collection explores the boundaries between Brahms'' professional identity and his lifelong engagement with private and amateur music-making.

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.

Nineteenth-century British periodicals for girls and women offer a wealth of material to understand how girls and women fit into their social and cultural worlds, of which music making was an important part.

Nineteenth-century British periodicals for girls and women offer a wealth of material to understand how girls and women fit into their social and cultural worlds, of which music making was an important part.

Gyorgy Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre (1974-77, revised 1996) has consolidated its position as one of the major operatic works of the twentieth century.