Art music, orchestral and formal music

This book honors the classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery, Professor at the Yale School of Music.

Joan Peyser offers a history of twentieth century music through the lives and works of its greatest composers in To Boulez and Beyond.

The journal Source: Music of the Avant-garde was and remains a seminal source for materials on the heyday of experimental music and arts.

Joan Peyser offers a history of twentieth century music through the lives and works of its greatest composers in To Boulez and Beyond.

This book honors the classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery, Professor at the Yale School of Music.

From the beginning of the colonial period, western musical forms and practices have travelled to the subcontinent, interacted with domestic sound cultures, and played a significant role in the making of Indian modernity.

This book provides an account of the differing theologies and compositional approaches of three current composers-James MacMillan, Arvo Part, and John Adams.

This book provides an account of the differing theologies and compositional approaches of three current composers-James MacMillan, Arvo Part, and John Adams.

Golden Years of the National Symphony Orchestra: Stories and Photographs of Musicians and Maestros presents a rich and intimate perspective of the orchestra as it evolved in prominence and international expanse throughout the past nine decades.

The greatest musical prodigy since Mozart (some would say he was even greater), Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) excelled in everything he did, musical or otherwise, and during his brief life became Europe's most respected and beloved composer.

American organist David Craighead's influence in the United States and abroad is widespread and extensive: 37 years as professor of organ at the Eastman School of Music, 48 years as church organist at St.

Ernst Krenek has been described as a "e;one-man history of twentieth-century music.

Kirill Kondrashin is regarded as one of the most brilliant Russian conductors of the 20th century and a great interpreter of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler.

Building on the strengths of the first edition, the second edition of Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary presents expanded and updated coverage of its topic with an aim to be comprehensive.

Puerto Rico's rich musical history is chronicled in Donald Thompson's translated texts, a history that is often unavailable to those who do not read Spanish easily.

Maurice Durufle (1902-1986) is best known as composer of the hauntingly beautiful and moving Requiem of 1947, and as organist during his long tenure at the church of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris.

The writings of twentieth-century Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski reveal many important aspects of his approach to music and his viewpoints as an artist and as a man.

Maestros in America: Conductors in the 21st Century provides short biographical and critical essays of over 100 American conductors-and conductors in America-in the twenty-first century.

This is a music theory text that presents a systematic approach to polyphonic composition in the ecclesiastical style of Palestrina.

Golden Years of the National Symphony Orchestra: Stories and Photographs of Musicians and Maestros presents a rich and intimate perspective of the orchestra as it evolved in prominence and international expanse throughout the past nine decades.

The greatest musical prodigy since Mozart (some would say he was even greater), Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) excelled in everything he did, musical or otherwise, and during his brief life became Europe's most respected and beloved composer.

This is a music theory text that presents a systematic approach to polyphonic composition in the ecclesiastical style of Palestrina.

Puerto Rico's rich musical history is chronicled in Donald Thompson's translated texts, a history that is often unavailable to those who do not read Spanish easily.

Maurice Durufle (1902-1986) is best known as composer of the hauntingly beautiful and moving Requiem of 1947, and as organist during his long tenure at the church of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris.

Maestros in America: Conductors in the 21st Century provides short biographical and critical essays of over 100 American conductors-and conductors in America-in the twenty-first century.

Building on the strengths of the first edition, the second edition of Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary presents expanded and updated coverage of its topic with an aim to be comprehensive.

The writings of twentieth-century Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski reveal many important aspects of his approach to music and his viewpoints as an artist and as a man.

Gertrude Stein and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead were unlikely friends who spent most of their mature lives in exile: Stein in France and Whitehead in the United States.

Ernst Krenek has been described as a "e;one-man history of twentieth-century music.

Cesar Franck (1822-1890), Belgian born and French domiciled, was one of the most remarkable composers of the 19th century.

In 2007, the great Bach scholar Anne Leahy died at the age of 46.

American organist David Craighead's influence in the United States and abroad is widespread and extensive: 37 years as professor of organ at the Eastman School of Music, 48 years as church organist at St.

Kirill Kondrashin is regarded as one of the most brilliant Russian conductors of the 20th century and a great interpreter of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler.

In 2007, the great Bach scholar Anne Leahy died at the age of 46.

Cesar Franck (1822-1890), Belgian born and French domiciled, was one of the most remarkable composers of the 19th century.

Gertrude Stein and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead were unlikely friends who spent most of their mature lives in exile: Stein in France and Whitehead in the United States.

The Classical period is one of deep intellectual ferment, of rapid growth and change, and of explosive creativity in the world of music.

The Classical period is one of deep intellectual ferment, of rapid growth and change, and of explosive creativity in the world of music.

Described by his contemporaries as the greatest pianist of the era, Josef Hofmann (1876 - 1957) performed on world stages for more than fifty years, enjoying phenomenal professional success and personal adulation.

Since its composition and first performance in 1724, Bach's St.

Described by his contemporaries as the greatest pianist of the era, Josef Hofmann (1876 - 1957) performed on world stages for more than fifty years, enjoying phenomenal professional success and personal adulation.

Legendary maestro Leonard Slatkin provides personal insights and offers his ideas to solve the current dilemmas of classical music.

Since its composition and first performance in 1724, Bach's St.

Veteran music critic David Hurwitz provides an accessible, comprehensive, and fresh survey of Beethoven's symphonies, overtures, concertos, theatrical music, his single ballet and other music for the dance, and several short pieces worth getting to know.

Victor Lederer surveys the music of Hector Berlioz, one of the most pioneering orchestrators in history, and introduces the general music lover to both his masterpieces such as Les Troyens and lesser known gems.

Richard Wagner's magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work.

Richard Wagner's magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work.

With more than three hundred recordings to his name and multiple GRAMMY nominations, Jose Serebrier is one of the busiest and most successful conductors around.

Legendary maestro Leonard Slatkin provides personal insights and offers his ideas to solve the current dilemmas of classical music.

With more than three hundred recordings to his name and multiple GRAMMY nominations, Jose Serebrier is one of the busiest and most successful conductors around.