Art music, orchestral and formal music

This book explores the relationship between the history of orchestration and the development of modern musical aesthetics in the Enlightenment.

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

Thomas McGeary''s book explores the relationship between Italian opera and British partisan politics in the era of George Frideric Handel.

Political Beethoven explores Beethoven''s music as an active participant in political life from the Napoleonic Wars to the present day.

Based upon newly uncovered archival evidence, this book establishes urban musical traditions of over twenty cities in late medieval France.

Heather Wiebe''s book looks to the music of Benjamin Britten to elucidate a British postwar vision of cultural renewal.

Heather Wiebe''s book looks to the music of Benjamin Britten to elucidate a British postwar vision of cultural renewal.

Based upon newly uncovered archival evidence, this book establishes urban musical traditions of over twenty cities in late medieval France.

A new theory of musical modernism, which brings contemporary philosophy into contact with music theory and interpretation.

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

Range presents an in-depth study of the music within the ceremonial at British coronations from 1603 to the present.

A new theory of musical modernism, which brings contemporary philosophy into contact with music theory and interpretation.

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

Range presents an in-depth study of the music within the ceremonial at British coronations from 1603 to the present.

A fresh evaluation of Mozart''s Requiem which focuses on historical and current understandings in fiction, drama, film, criticism and performance.

An international team of scholars presents historic, philosophic, philological and theoretical perspectives on Carter''s extensive musical repertoire.

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

A fresh evaluation of Mozart''s Requiem which focuses on historical and current understandings in fiction, drama, film, criticism and performance.

An international team of scholars presents historic, philosophic, philological and theoretical perspectives on Carter''s extensive musical repertoire.

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

Steege explores Helmholtz''s significance within a historical shift in the theory and practice of listening in nineteenth-century European culture.

Steege explores Helmholtz''s significance within a historical shift in the theory and practice of listening in nineteenth-century European culture.

The first study to connect the exponential growth in amateur choral singing to the culture of public celebrations and festivals.

Renowned scholars and performers present a wide range of different perspectives on Mozart''s chamber music with keyboard.

The first study to connect the exponential growth in amateur choral singing to the culture of public celebrations and festivals.

A fresh perspective on the Ballets Russes, focusing on relations between music, dance and the cultural politics of belle-époque Paris.

Renowned scholars and performers present a wide range of different perspectives on Mozart''s chamber music with keyboard.

A fresh perspective on the Ballets Russes, focusing on relations between music, dance and the cultural politics of belle-époque Paris.

Matthew Dirst examines the leading role of Bach''s keyboard works in the creation of his historical legacy.

Matthew Dirst examines the leading role of Bach''s keyboard works in the creation of his historical legacy.

This book offers a fundamental reworking of the history of the development of Greek music from the classical period to Roman times.

David Conway examines how Jews developed a significant presence in early nineteenth-century Western music.

A study of the Prague Italian opera company and its role in performing Mozart''s works in the late eighteenth-century.

Yearsley explores the cultural significance of making music with hands and feet, a mode of performance unique to the organ.

David Conway examines how Jews developed a significant presence in early nineteenth-century Western music.

A study of the Prague Italian opera company and its role in performing Mozart''s works in the late eighteenth-century.

Yearsley explores the cultural significance of making music with hands and feet, a mode of performance unique to the organ.

An examination of cyclic form in Mendelssohn''s instrumental music and its implications for conceptions of musical time, memory and history.

Varwig places the music of Schütz in a richly detailed seventeenth-century context, comparing this to its later nineteenth- and twentieth-century reception.

Varwig places the music of Schütz in a richly detailed seventeenth-century context, comparing this to its later nineteenth- and twentieth-century reception.

An examination of cyclic form in Mendelssohn''s instrumental music and its implications for conceptions of musical time, memory and history.

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.

Investigating the reception of Schubert''s most daring harmonies, this book uses Schubert''s harmonic practice to critique canonical music theories.

Investigating the reception of Schubert''s most daring harmonies, this book uses Schubert''s harmonic practice to critique canonical music theories.

Nye presents a detailed and fascinating study of the influential eighteenth-century European theatrical form, the ''ballet d''action''.

Nye presents a detailed and fascinating study of the influential eighteenth-century European theatrical form, the ''ballet d''action''.

A study of the performance and composition of early twentieth-century popular music in the context of ''high'' modernism.

A study of the performance and composition of early twentieth-century popular music in the context of ''high'' modernism.

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