Art music, orchestral and formal music

A collection of ten chapters that approach Beethoven and his music from aesthetic, analytical, biographical, historical and performance perspectives.

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

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

This book features 27 integrated essays that offer access to the art, life, and legacy of one of the world''s most influential artists.

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

Uncovers a world of forgotten triumphs of musical theatre that shine a light on major social topics.

This book features 27 integrated essays that offer access to the art, life, and legacy of one of the world''s most influential artists.

The first substantial study of Victoria''s Requiem, among the most prominent Renaissance musical works, encompassing its genesis, style, and impact.

Offers a critical and contextual study of the last four operas of Prokofiev, the leading opera composer in Stalin''s Soviet Union.

Offers a critical and contextual study of the last four operas of Prokofiev, the leading opera composer in Stalin''s Soviet Union.

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

A collection of ten chapters that approach Beethoven and his music from aesthetic, analytical, biographical, historical and performance perspectives.

Explores the development of nineteenth-century performance copyright laws which shape how we define and value drama and music.

Uncovers a world of forgotten triumphs of musical theatre that shine a light on major social topics.

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

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

The last - and largest - of Cage''s most important formative exchanges of letters, discussing music criticism and questions of aesthetics.

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

Offers a radical and interdisciplinary analysis that will transform readers'' understanding of this deeply compelling early twentieth-century composer.

A thorough and comprehensive study of the fifteenth century''s most influential composer and his cultural and spiritual world.

Now updated and expanded with four new chapters, this book explores the history, theory, creation and analysis of electronic music.

Comprehensive coverage of Hector Berlioz as composer, author, and conductor in the society and culture of his time.

A thorough and comprehensive study of the fifteenth century''s most influential composer and his cultural and spiritual world.

Now updated and expanded with four new chapters, this book explores the history, theory, creation and analysis of electronic music.

Comprehensive coverage of Hector Berlioz as composer, author, and conductor in the society and culture of his time.

This book charts Messiaen''s transformation of birdsong into music and its development into a major work of the twentieth century.

Explores the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural movements, socio-political conditions, and personal relationships that shaped Mahler''s creative output.

Explores how Gershwin''s iconic music was shaped by American political, intellectual, cultural and business interests as well as technological advances.

Explores how Gershwin''s iconic music was shaped by American political, intellectual, cultural and business interests as well as technological advances.

The first book to explore the ballad''s history and emotional appeal, surveying seventy years of the genre in modern America.

The first book to explore the ballad''s history and emotional appeal, surveying seventy years of the genre in modern America.

A systematic and detailed analysis of the work of this extremely popular composer, providing description, context, examples, and commentary.

Sophisticated and engaging, this volume explores and compares musical irony in the works of major composers, from Mozart to Mahler.

A varied and wide-ranging collection in which the celebrated post-war composer Peter Maxwell Davies presents his work and his opinions.

Sophisticated and engaging, this volume explores and compares musical irony in the works of major composers, from Mozart to Mahler.

This comprehensive study of musical notation from early medieval Europe provides a crucial new foundational model for understanding later Western notations.

Explores the cultural, professional and personal contexts that shaped Stravinsky''s creativity and formed the backdrop to his acclaimed compositions.

Explores a range of topics that contextualize Strauss''s life and works, such as collaborators, influences, philosophy, and the profession.

Explores the cultural, professional and personal contexts that shaped Stravinsky''s creativity and formed the backdrop to his acclaimed compositions.

Explores a range of topics that contextualize Strauss''s life and works, such as collaborators, influences, philosophy, and the profession.

Comprehensive and engaging exploration of Mozart''s greatest works, focussing on his dual roles as performer and composer in Vienna.

Comprehensive and engaging exploration of Mozart''s greatest works, focussing on his dual roles as performer and composer in Vienna.

Explores the meanings of the term ''author'' for seventeenth-century German musicians, examining how compositions were made and used.

An exploration of fantastic soundworlds in nineteenth-century France, providing a fresh aesthetic and compositional context for Berlioz and others.

Explores the musical background to Darwinism and the development of the relationship between science and the arts in Victorian Britain.

Provides a fresh and global perspective on the works and influence of a nineteenth-century musical and theatrical phenomenon.

An exploration of fantastic soundworlds in nineteenth-century France, providing a fresh aesthetic and compositional context for Berlioz and others.

Explores the musical background to Darwinism and the development of the relationship between science and the arts in Victorian Britain.

Provides a fresh and global perspective on the works and influence of a nineteenth-century musical and theatrical phenomenon.