Art music, orchestral and formal music

New perspectives on the life, works and aesthetic relationships of Igor Stravinsky, that epitomise the stylistic crisis of twentieth-century music.

New perspectives on the life, works and aesthetic relationships of Igor Stravinsky, that epitomise the stylistic crisis of twentieth-century music.

This engaging study introduces Renaissance polyphony to a modern audience, balancing the listening experience with what lies beyond the notes.

A semiotic approach to works using open notation, where performers play a radical and active role as co-creators.

A semiotic approach to works using open notation, where performers play a radical and active role as co-creators.

Case studies of music and conflict transformation in Australia and Canada.

How Herbert Eimert''s understanding of music history has been adopted as the institutional discourse of New Music in Europe.

Offers unparalleled insight into the function of music in worship, ritual and society in late medieval Europe.

Offers unparalleled insight into the function of music in worship, ritual and society in late medieval Europe.

Case studies of music and conflict transformation in Australia and Canada.

How Herbert Eimert''s understanding of music history has been adopted as the institutional discourse of New Music in Europe.

Reveals how the culture and repertoire of the early Viennese ballroom permeated and intersected with other areas of musical life.

Reveals how the culture and repertoire of the early Viennese ballroom permeated and intersected with other areas of musical life.

An approachable introduction to the drum kit, drummers, and drumming, and the key debates surrounding the instrument and its players.

Develops a holistic and gender-aware understanding of Clara Schumann as pianist, composer and teacher in nineteenth-century Germany.

Demonstrates the cultivation and interest in instrumental genres by Neapolitan musicians and its significant stature at the royal court.

Demonstrates the cultivation and interest in instrumental genres by Neapolitan musicians and its significant stature at the royal court.

An approachable introduction to the drum kit, drummers, and drumming, and the key debates surrounding the instrument and its players.

This wide-ranging and authoritative volume discusses the major works of acclaimed contemporary composer Adès from a variety of critical perspectives.

The first English language collection on the musical sublime.

The first English language collection on the musical sublime.

Develops a holistic and gender-aware understanding of Clara Schumann as pianist, composer and teacher in nineteenth-century Germany.

This wide-ranging and authoritative volume discusses the major works of acclaimed contemporary composer Adès from a variety of critical perspectives.

The first comprehensive study of the dominant form of solo singing in Renaissance Italy prior to the mid-sixteenth century.

The first comprehensive study of the dominant form of solo singing in Renaissance Italy prior to the mid-sixteenth century.

Interprets an eighteenth-century musical repertoire in sociable terms, both technically (specific musical patterns) and affectively (predominant emotional registers of the music).

Reveals how the musical benefit allowed musicians, composers, and audiences to engage in new professional, financial, and artistic contexts.

Reveals how the musical benefit allowed musicians, composers, and audiences to engage in new professional, financial, and artistic contexts.

Comprehensive survey of the conductus over a period of more than one hundred years, demonstrating how music and poetry interact.

This book charts the origins, development and spread of medieval Western European music from late antiquity to the end of the fourteenth century.

Rethinks and retells the history of music in sixteenth-century Ferrara, putting women, of the court and convent, at the narrative centre.

A unique insight into the relationship between Brahms''s music and his philosophical and literary context from a modernist perspective.

Presents a single-volume history of sixteenth-century music that focuses on the different ways people encountered music in their everyday lives.

Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.

Covers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.

Eleven international scholars analyse key works by Sir James MacMillan, and contextualise his unique musical-theological approach.

The first major study of Saint-Saëns''s stage music, timed to coincide with revivals of his operas on stage.

A unique insight into the relationship between Brahms''s music and his philosophical and literary context from a modernist perspective.

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.

Reveals the rich liturgical ecology of medieval Britain and Ireland and the religious and lay communities who shaped it.

Reveals the rich liturgical ecology of medieval Britain and Ireland and the religious and lay communities who shaped it.

An authoritative, accessible reference work that brings together current knowledge and new interpretive insights into Haydn''s music and cultural influence.

This volume explores the extraordinary life and works of Hildegard of Bingen, medieval writer, composer, visionary, and monastic founder.

The first major study to propose an analytical approach to Purcell''s music beginning from contemporary compositional aims and techniques.

This is the first introductory survey of western twentieth-century music to address popular music, art music and jazz on equal terms.

An overview of women''s work in classical and popular music since 1900 as performers, composers, educators and music technologists.

Examines the interaction between music and liberal discourses in Victorian Britain, revealing the close interdependence of political and aesthetic practices.

A stimulating new approach to understanding the relationship between music and culture in the long nineteenth century.

Presents a single-volume history of sixteenth-century music that focuses on the different ways people encountered music in their everyday lives.