Art music, orchestral and formal music

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.

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.