Art music, orchestral and formal music

First published in 1999, the essays that follow have been selected from the authors writings to explore musical institutions in 15th and 16th century Italy with a detailed focus on the papal choir, but with additional comments on Mantua (Mantova), Florence and France.

First published in 1999, the essays that follow have been selected from the authors writings to explore musical institutions in 15th and 16th century Italy with a detailed focus on the papal choir, but with additional comments on Mantua (Mantova), Florence and France.

Where is the academic study of music today, and what paths should it take into the future?

Where is the academic study of music today, and what paths should it take into the future?

First published in 1996, this volume counters the attitude of paying more attention to the performer than to the piece.

First published in 1996, this volume counters the attitude of paying more attention to the performer than to the piece.

First published in 1994.

First published in 1994.

This first book in English on the French composer AndrA(c) Jolivet (19051974) investigates his music, life and influence.

This first book in English on the French composer AndrA(c) Jolivet (19051974) investigates his music, life and influence.

Contemporary notions of musical virtuosity redevelop historic concepts and demonstrate that our present understanding of virtuosity in western art music has shifted from what seemed, for a time, to be a relatively clear and stable definition.